Sunday Brunch, C4, 3 May 2015
May 1, 2015
Talked with presenters Tim and Simon about the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope and the mysterious white spots found on dwarf planet Ceres by NASA’s Dawn spaceprobe. Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch is always fun to do. Always seems to be a good …
Bring Back the NHS, 24 April 2015
April 23, 2015
Very pleased to be be invited to speak up for our NHS at Bring back the NHS , hosted by Sir Ian McKellen (AKA Gandalf), 7-8.30pm, Central Hall, Westminster. Here is what I squeezed into my 3-minute speech. And here is the video.
Edinburgh Science Festival, 10-12 April
April 12, 2015
Briefing for helpers (including a passing astronaut) at children space day This 4-year-old told me light takes 8 minutes to travel from the Sun to the Earth! #scientistonthesofa Jennifer from the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, completes he …
My Top 5 Reads of 2014
December 17, 2014
1) One of the most fantastically wonderful books I have ever read. Set in the gold rush town of Hokitika, NZ, in 1866, it tells the story of a mysterious murder through the eyes of a score of characters. Catton became the youngest every Man Booker Priz …
My response to “Why CameronMustGo must go”
December 6, 2014
My response to “Why CameronMustGo must go” in The Mirror My tweet: #CameronMustGo because he has behaved as if he won an election when in fact only 26% of people voted for him [Pic of David Cameron] Mirror says: He did win the election My comment: Happ …