My dad
October 27, 2014
My dad was my biggest fan. It would have been his 80th birthday today (he actually only made it to 64). Here’s something I wrote about him in my book Afterglow of Creation AFTERGLOW OF CREATION (Foreword)
Sunday Brunch, 26 November
October 26, 2014
I LOVE going on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch. Last time I got to hold a 60,000-year-old stone axe brought in by Phil from Time Team. This time I got to stroke a very soft-furred, very purry Serotonin bat! I was actually on the programme to talk about time …
Brunel University, 15 October, 6pm
September 20, 2014
I’ll be chatting about my book, What A Wonderful World, Brunel Library, Bannerman Centre, Uxbridge. Come along and say hello! Details here
Publication of paperback of What A Wonderful World
September 4, 2014
Royal Society Book Prize 2014
June 14, 2014
Really pleased to be on this year’s long-list for the Royal Society Book Prize!




