From interviews that were published last week by the Financial Times and The Guardian, I get the sense that the new President ...

I only noticed this afterwards but the lack of any direct engagement with the viewer makes you the unseen observer of quiet ...

Last December a new Government taskforce was launched to address issues about Women in Tech. Led by the Secretary of State at DSIT, Liz Kendall, with Anne-Marie Imafidon alongside, the aim is to ...

So here, as ever, are my ten best reads of 2025, in no particular order as the say on the game shows, with my top pick at the end. Leigh Bardugo Ninth House Where do those bright young witches and ...

Update (17:00 03 Mar): all members of the UK or international scientific community were invited to indicate their support by signing the letter. The opportunity to do so closed at 17:00 UK time on 03 ...

Just before Christmas I was asked to talk to our molecular biologists about multivariate analyses. I was reminded of this on Thursday afternoon, when I saw that I had to talk to them on Friday. “Ah, ...

The anticipation of Christmas under commercial pressure has also made it harder to sustain the appropriate sense of alert watchfulness. We as a staff team at St Mary’s Hornsey Rise try to sustain our ...

It takes about eight weeks of weekly lessons to learn how to handle a bell safely, and a lifetime to master the craft. Once a learner is safe to ring independently, and able to control the bell well ...

Last month I attended the IAML UK & Ireland Annual Study Weekend (ASW). IAML is the International Association of Music Libraries, and this is an event run each year by the UK & Ireland branch. This ...

This year I read 64 books, the first time since records began (2014) that the number has exceeded my age in years (I am 62). The total might be inflated, though, as some of the books have been ...

It was so long ago, that sometimes it feels like only yesterday. It was the end of 1987, and there I was, a graduate student in Cambridge, finishing my Ph.D. and minding my own business (see photo ...