This picture taken not one hour since by Cromer resident Spencer Gray and posted on Twitter (@spenny10) shows the proximal end of Cromer Pier getting a thorough battering in a lethal combo of high winds and high tides not seen in these parts since 1953.
What’s happening at the distal end is less clear. You can see lights on at the Pavilion Th Continue reading
Classification is something that librarians are supposed to be good at, but when it comes to classifying types of libraries there is a bit of a #FAIL. At library school I was taught that there are three main kinds of libraries: public libraries, academic libraries and ‘special’ libraries. Public libraries are well-understood, usually co Continue reading
After the Bohannon fun, we’re all more aware of predatory publishers trying to get our money to publish any old crap. You would have thought they would have been aware of his, and at least made an attempt to look more legit. Well, apparently not. I jut got this unsolicited spam in my email:
Dear Colleague,
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This one spotted on a large wooden packing case in the loading dock of a university department, by our correspondent Professor Trellis of North Wales, who disclaims all responsibility.
“What the large wooden edifice contains seems to be a mystery,” says the sage, somewhat querulously, “but the label worries me… Deeply… Why i Continue reading
The newspapers these days run almost daily stories about sexism and women being disadvantaged in one way or another (plus the occasional response that it is men that are being hit hardest by current circumstances). For women in STEM the issue is manifest, particularly on the physical sciences and engineering side. Not for nothing has the Science an Continue reading
It’s now awfully fashionable to compile lists of things to see or do before you die. These lists are called Bucket Lists, presumably for the colloquialism in which ‘kicking the bucket’ means ‘die’ (qv. ‘bought the farm’, ‘flensed the ferret’, ‘spoke to God on the Great White Telephone̵ Continue reading
The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books award ceremony took place on Monday night. The event is open to anyone so I went along – I like to feel part of the great science communications endeavour. But I had had a busy day stuffed with meetings so was unable to get there as early as I would have liked. The doors opened at 6pm but by te Continue reading
A little while ago I had the pleasure of hosting the visit of Chukka Umunna (Shadow Business Minister) to the University of Cambridge to discuss the UK’s industrial strategy or, perhaps more accurately, its lack thereof. Over a sandwich lunch a number of us from the University debated and explored where our country has got to and what might Continue reading
Mark Lloyd has just spent the weekend as a self-published author, plugging his book Rum Humour/Rum Humor on social media. And it hasn’t been fun.
Activity. Bags of activity: hands and fingers slapping on keyboards, copying and pasting, tweeting, commenting, sharing, liking. Continue reading
