Like oil and water, politics and science simply don’t mix. Why? Because, as I say in my recent…
While I may spend most of my time writing seemingly conventional non-fiction, I’m actually very interested in the…
If you’re following the route of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant today, here’s a handful of boaty Thames…
I’m on the HMS Beagle Project blog this week talking about the freshly-opened Cutty Sark in Greenwich. She’s…
What do the first book published in Antarctica, a bunch of letters written by Charles Darwin while on…
The new free Design Museum Collection app for iPad launched last week, soon to be followed by iPhone…
Since I first shared my disappointment about the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games’ (LOCOG)…
Dickens and London was always going to be a challenge for the Museum of London. Should they focus…
I write about a lot of different things. Some things that I know about already. Some that I…
Publishers are known for their penchant for the odd tipple, but after a day in a room full…