Author, scientist and historian
Jane Austen – The Scientist
Posted on 15th April, 2026
The media frenzy about Jane Austen’s life and works that was stimulated by the 250 anniversary of her birth showcased the brilliance of her social commentary, the strength of her moral criticism, and the depth of her insight into human…
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Why Gardening is the Future
Posted on 25th March, 2026
Few people can have been the object of so much ridicule as the enthusiasts of self-sufficiency. From Tom and Barbara Good in the BBC TV series The Good Life in the 1970’s and our current king, to today’s disciples of…
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Art and Engineering at the Tate Modern Art Gallery
Posted on 2nd March, 2026
Each year some five million visitors make the pilgrimage to the South Bank of the Thames in London to visit the world-renowned Tate Modern art gallery. They pay homage to the huge collection of modern art and have often been…
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It’s Not All About the Mathematics
Posted on 12th February, 2026
“Science is written in the language of mathematics” proclaimed Galileo in 1623. And over the last few centuries science has become ever more mathematical. Nowadays, mathematics, seems to hold total hegemony, particularly in the fields of quantum physics and relativity;…
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The Stainless Steel Age
Posted on 23rd January, 2026
The three age system has been the backbone of archaeology ever since 1831 when the Danish antiquarian Christian Thomsen realised that he could date sites by the presence of three materials: stone, bronze and iron. Thomsen’s system was developed and…
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We Owe our Success to our Hands, not our Heads
Posted on 23rd January, 2026
Never has so much been written about why we humans dominate the planet. The consensus has generally been that it is because we are more intelligent than other animals, and the most popular theory is that our bigger brains have…
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