Joining in with Martin Fenner’s suggestion… 1. What is your blog about? I sometimes wonder. In brief, I take exception to… oh, perhaps that’s too strong; I get irritated by… […]

A former colleague, the recently-qualified Dr. Perrett, is sensibly taking a break from laboratory laboriousness, departing for eight months of burnout-avoidance travelling. I’m envious: while the time will simultaneously stand […]

I have a dilemma. In brief, a difference in the results of similar, but independently conducted experiments – or, more specifically, their interpretation – has already led to my inadvertently […]

So yesterday, after time in the lab, I got on a train to London for the only UK date on the current tour of one of my favourite bands. The […]

The other day here in Kareopolis, I was roundly ripped to pieces by two colleagues during a bout of Tissue Culture lab banter. Having declined an invitation to a pub […]

The sun was shining today, the autumnal colours look wonderful, and, despite aching from my football comeback last night, during which I seemingly conspired to miss three chances and give […]

Prompted by a Bostonian comment in response to a recent post (and perhaps because I can’t think of anything else to write about at present), I thought I would regurgitate […]

Ever listen to The Moral Maze, the BBC Radio 4, Michael Buerk-chaired ‘discussion’ program, featuring intellectuals arguing over the ethicality of topical issues? It’s sometimes rather snooty; cantankerous types picking […]