The day I met Neil Armstrong

26 August 2012
If you know only two things about Neil Armstrong, you will know that he was the first man to set foot on the moon, and that after his...

I’ve been called worse

17 August 2012
Having just filed my latest contribution to Laboratory News, I kicked back for half an hour to read the previous issue – which had been...

Sustainability vs legacy at London 2012

25 July 2012
I’ve spent enough time in committees and struggling against bureaucracy to really appreciate the recent BBC sitcom Twenty Twelve, a spoof fly-on-the-wall series which has...

Celebrating fakery

9 September 2011
The Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, organised by the Royal Observatory Greenwich and Sky At Night magazine, has announced its results. Nearly 800 images,...

A free agent

26 August 2011
Today, Friday 26 August 2011, is my last day as an employee of Centaur Media. A few weeks ago, the company announced wide-ranging redundancies and...

Cat and mouse on Broadwater Farm, 1985

10 August 2011
The riots and disturbances of the last few days in English cities had me casting my mind back to the 1985 Broadwater Farm riot, thinking...

Ripping into Rip Tide

9 July 2011
I didn’t get it at first. Ploughing my way through Stella Rimington’s latest novel Rip Tide – an advance copy kindly sent by her publisher...

All change

4 July 2011
I’ve been asked a few times in the last week or so about what is happening at Centaur Media and what the implications will be...