Why politics and science don’t mix
Like oil and water, politics and science simply don’t mix. Why? Because, as I say in my recent…
A helping hand for interactive storytelling
While I may spend most of my time writing seemingly conventional non-fiction, I’m actually very interested in the…
Thames trivia for the Jubilee
If you’re following the route of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant today, here’s a handful of boaty Thames…
Inside the Cutty Sark
I’m on the HMS Beagle Project blog this week talking about the freshly-opened Cutty Sark in Greenwich. She’s…
London’s Archives: home to Shackleton’s book, Darwin’s letters and the world’s first ornithology encyclopedia
What do the first book published in Antarctica, a bunch of letters written by Charles Darwin while on…
Design Museum app showcases designs that changed the world
The new free Design Museum Collection app for iPad launched last week, soon to be followed by iPhone…
Will LOCOG make the most of social media for London 2012?
Since I first shared my disappointment about the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games’ (LOCOG)…
“Wealth and beggary, vice and virtue”: Dickens and London at the Museum of London
Dickens and London was always going to be a challenge for the Museum of London. Should they focus…
Mild-mannered accountant was the ‘victim’ in Milgram’s electrocution experiment
I write about a lot of different things. Some things that I know about already. Some that I…
Why Martini is the tipple of choice for publishers of the future
Publishers are known for their penchant for the odd tipple, but after a day in a room full…