Yesterday was the First Night of Chanukah; today is the Solstice; so here is an old essay of mine that comes out at this time of year as regularly as the Chanukah Bush is erected in the drawing room, baubles are retrieved from the loft, and It’s a Wonderful Life is aired on the DVD Player des Girrafes.
As all King Herod Fans will know, there Continue reading
“Thank you for your email.
I am on vacation and will respond to your message as soon as possible when I return to the office on December 29th.
Happy Holidays! Continue reading
The Equality Challenge Unit has recently published its annual survey of statistical information about staff and students in UK universities (this year there are two reports covering separately all grades of staff and students) . There is a wealth of data to drill down into there, and the previous 3 years’ of data are also available at the ECU websi Continue reading
On a grey day back in October I made my way along Albemarle Street to the Royal Institution for the filming of DemoJam, a lively and light-hearted program of science produced by Jonathan Sanderson and the rest of the gang at StoryCog for the new RI channel.
After a heavy morning at Imperial, it was a blessed relief to walk into the organised chaos Continue reading
HOckey HOckey HOckey, it’s the Christmas pool update!
Many thanks to Santa’s little helpers Beth and Bob for hosting the week 9 and 10 updates, respectively. Now, what happened this week?
Continue readingIf you agree with me that the purpose of blogs – this one in particular, if not blogs in general – is to be gratuitously self-indulgent in public, then I trust you won’t object to what follows, which is a technical and, as Mrs Crox would have it, up-one’s-own-bottom account of the latest developments in my rock keyboard rig. Continue reading
Getting older and more forgetful is one of those things you just have to accept. Trying to remember where you left the keys, what day your niece’s birthday is, whether you need to catch the 143 bus or the 134 bus… all those things get harder.
Distinguishing between journals with similar names can be tricky too. Stem Cells seems stra Continue reading
You probably have never heard of the Nook, the proprietary e-reader from Messrs. Barnes & Noble. Well, you have now, in which case, should you find yourself in possession of such a device, you will be delirious to learn that you can now buy my novel By The Sea to read thereon, in addition to the other formats in which it is available. Concessio Continue reading
(Warning: possibly unreasonable rant follows. But I’m too annoyed to care if it’s unreasonable! So there!)
‘Tis the season for the arrival of exciting parcels from distant lands! Continue reading
It’s the grey end of term and the dark time of the year when it is easy to feel that too many things have been left undone that should have been done. The Christmas break is fast approaching and most people will have a long to-do list that will be impossible to accomplish before Christmas. Academics are no different. In the back of our mind may b Continue reading
