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“The problem with the French is that they don’t have a word for entrepreneur.” Thus—allegedly—spoke soon-to-be ex-President George Bush. It may be an apocryphal tale but I do so want it to be true. And speaking of entrepreneurs, Michael Birch, … Continue reading →

The Guardian runs an interesting ‘”Writer’s Rooms” feature in its Review section every Saturday in which a writer (or sometimes an artist) discusses a photograph of their office or workroom, pointing out significant objects. The idea (as in Desert Island … Continue reading →

It looks like SciBlog08 was very much ahead of the curve in issuing the call for more scientists to get involved in blogging. A former student (thanks Ananyo) has just drawn my attention to an open access article on science … Continue reading →

My resemblance to Blanche DuBois has not been remarked on before but last Wednesday evening it was unmistakeable. There I was travelling on the tube to the TalkScience event at the British Library when, like Tennessee Williams’ fateful Southern belle, … Continue reading →

I have been thinking about this for a quite while, but finally got a kick up the backside. And now it’s done. With two members of my group I’ve put together a short movie on our research and, thanks to … Continue reading →

In my last post I tried to elucidate the classy and artful double-entendre title of this blog. My Reciprocal Space, I explained, is a place for exchange, but the name also belies a play on words that invokes the peculiar … Continue reading →

It’s the name of this blog. But why? Well, in Web2.0-land, a blog (can you hear my teeth grinding?) is quintessentially a space for the reciprocation of views, the exchange of ideas. So far, so good, but the title is … Continue reading →

Attending the SciBlog 2008 conference last week gave me a chance to weigh up my opinion of blogs, bloggers and blogging. And I’ve decided that I hate them all. Not the concept or the people or the activity, you understand, … Continue reading →