¡Hola amigos! Spanish translation makes an impression
Well, look at this – a copy of the Spanish language edition of The Physics Behind… or, if you prefer, Lo Que La Fisica Esconde....
Too many nags, not enough horses
It’s a bad sign when you start looking for reasons to dislike a car, yet that’s where I am with the Hyundai i20. I had...
Ride like the Wind, Bullseye!
I take a particular interest in transport technologies, particularly watching and reporting on electric power becoming an everyday reality, and so took the opportunity to...
Four-leaf clovers, and how to catch them (or the peculiar tale of the editor’s curse)
There are, in my experience, three ways to find a four-leaf clover. You might try the mystical method, deploying a team of highly-trained grassland pixies...
Decline and fall of the talking newspaper
After 38 years of providing a local news lifeline to blind and visually-impaired people, the Newark Talking Newspaper has fallen silent. Launched in 1982 and...
Flexing the autograph muscles
I’d never seen so many copies in one place, and was only slightly daunted at the prospect that I might get writer’s cramp. To coincide...
Buy the book
Alright, I admit it. There is a certain thrill in strolling into a bookshop to find my book on the shelves. It was a few...
Now an author
I should have done this years ago, but the main thing is it’s done. My first book is published and available in all good bookshops...
Student journalism: the next generation
My career as a writer is entirely the result of becoming involved in student journalism, which itself is probably the result of the deathly dull...
In for the count
A bit of variety is always welcome, and the surprise June 2017 UK general election provided a surprise assignment for me from television news broadcaster...