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Ectopia

Posted on 3 August 2013 by Henry Gee

Contrary to popular belief, I am not a grumpy-trousers, and quite like my fiction – even if dark in places – to be uplifting. Dystopias tend by their very nature to be downbeat: a cheerful dystopia is an oxymoron, like military intelligence. If dystopias are to have any kind of happy ending at all, it is by way of a kind of transcendanc Continue reading →

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Lab meeting III–me and my shadow

Posted on 2 August 2013 by Steve Caplan

At the risk of going overboard on the subject of dogs, I find it necessary to post “Lab Meeting III”—because today is a historic occasion—the adoption of Ginger/AKA/Vi (Vizsla) from an animal shelter. Such a rare event that I did something that I seldom do—I took time off without leaving the city.

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Here is Ginger in the car, relaxed as though this Continue reading →

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Envious admiration

Posted on 1 August 2013 by Frank Norman

There is a fine line between jealousy and envy. I had thought of them as pretty much the same thing until reading Stan Carey’s blog post on the subject. I think that admiration is also quite close; it is the nicer, more well-behaved cousin of envy. I have found myself admiring the work of some of my colleagues in other institutions, but also Continue reading →

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Questions, questions

Posted on 30 July 2013 by Henry Gee

Earlier today I had cause to trawl through the digital archives of Your Favourite Weekly Professional Science Magazine Beginning With N, notwithstanding inasmuch as which I came across a series of articles I ran about ten years ago, over which faulty memory had until just then mercifully cast its healing veil.

The series was called Lifelines, in wh Continue reading →

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Mentoring: Getting Personal?

Posted on 30 July 2013 by Athene Donald

Should one worry about confidentiality in the context of a mentoring relationship? Should line managers be one’s mentor? These were amongst the questions posed during the panel discussion in which I participated (along with Lab Director Jim Smith and Anne O’Garra, Head of their Division of Immunoregulation) at last week’s Wikipedi Continue reading →

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Library Day in the Life 2013 – Friday

Posted on 29 July 2013 by Frank Norman

My last daily report (for Friday 26 July, but written on the following Monday). See previous reports for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

I didn’t have time to do my daily blog report on Thursday night so I came in early and posted it on Friday morning. I always think that it’ll only take 20 minutes to type something up but it w Continue reading →

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IUPS Part 2

Posted on 28 July 2013 by Austin

Now that IUPS 2013 has concluded successfully, I thought I should add a few of my conference thoughts, other than those mentioned in the earlier post.

 

As I am a lazy so-and-so, and I can’t muster too much thinking this late on a weekend evening, I shall give my thoughts in a kind of poll/questionnaire format.

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Landwards

Posted on 28 July 2013 by Henry Gee

This is the cover of Looking Landwards, designed by Andy Bigwood, a SF anthology to be published later this year by NewCon Press.
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It features stories from a lot of great writers, and me.

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Pride

Posted on 27 July 2013 by Henry Gee

Today the Fine City of Norwich hosted its Pride event, and me and the Croxii went to take a look.

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Pride comes before a Hall. In this case, Norwich City Hall

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Library Day in the Life 2013 – Thursday (Wikipedia edit-a-thon)

Posted on 26 July 2013 by Frank Norman

My latest daily report. See previous reports for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

Today’s the day it’s all happening. Fingers crossed. Continue reading →

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