Monthly Archives: June 2011
What a Week Out of this World!
I am about to start off on my US trip but wanted to post a blog about this week because a) if you want people to read your blog (and who doesn’t ?) then you have to post regularly and … Continue reading
Filed under book publicity, General Thoughts, In the News
A Wee Pee
If you have ever been to a public swimming pool then I am pretty certain that you will have swallowed water with a very diluted sample of someone’s else’s urine. People, and especially young children pee in swimming pools. Normally … Continue reading
Filed under In the News, Weird Story of the Week
The Flying Dutchman’s Ark Royal
You have only got one month left to put a bid in for HMS Ark Royal that has been put up for sale on the internet. According to the website, the former aircraft carrier is currently “in stock” but the … Continue reading
Filed under In the News
New College of Humanities Set to Put the Cat Amongst the Pigeons
Today we learned of the launch of the New College of Humanities founded by 14 leading academics and to be headed up by AC Grayling who is the first master of NCH. From looking at the website, it appears that … Continue reading
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Brian’s Sea Cheese & Dugong Collider
I have a soft spot for sea cows especially the manatee when I first encountered them in Florida. One of these docile bohemoths of the sea, the dugong, is also one of Professor Brian Cox’s favourites. Who says, physicists can’t … Continue reading
Filed under General Thoughts
