Big Bang, Science Museum, 28 March
March 26, 2018
To celebrate the publication of Big Bang: Ladybird Expert, will talking about the Big Bang: The Day with out a Yesterday at the Science Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London at 7.30pm on Wednesday 28 March.
Jewish Book Week, 7 March, 8.30pm
January 24, 2018
On 14 September 2015, gravitational waves were first detected on Earth. The source – two merging black holes – briefly pumped out 50 times more power than all the stars in the Universe together. I write about this – and much more – in my latest book, T …
Sunday Times Science Book of the Year!
December 20, 2017
I was sitting on a London-bound train at Manchester Piccadilly, sipping a coffee and idly flicking through the “Culture section of The Sunday Times, relieved that the recording of Christmas University Challenge in Salford was over – and it wasn’t as te …
Christmas University Challenge 2017
December 16, 2017
My first reaction, when the BBC contacted me to do Christmas University Challenge was: “No. Never. I’m no good at quizzes. It’ll be terrifying.” But my wife persuaded me it was an opportunity too good to miss, so I accepted. And I am so glad I did. Uni …
Sunday Papers Live, 10 September
September 17, 2017
Sunday Papers Live is a fab thing. Cecil Sharp House, close to London’t Regent’s Park, is taken over and kitted out like a giant living room, with comfortable sofas and rugs. People are encouraged to come with their babies and dogs, wear slippers, and …