I was incommunicado en France last week, but on my return was greeted with an e-mail informing that my recent posting rate has qualified me for _NN_’s free three-month online […]

… aspiring to coveted ‘Top Ten’ status, and its new Vice Chancellor(seeing it as his)‘s remit being to push hard to get it up there. Because, the so-called ’Top’ institutions […]

I’m not particularly into joining clubs or societies (and no, I won’t quote Groucho Marx here). I guess that is (one of the reasons) why I’ve never, despite considering it […]

A while back I "posted ":http://blogs.nature.com/u71147cba/2011/05/15/crisis—-creationism-in-schools-isnt-science information on a campaign prompted by an example of an English state school’s misguided and irresponsible welcoming of a creationist onto its premises, thus […]

I am not a fan of (the mendacious aspect of) advertising and marketing. The power to make you need what you don’t want. The influence exerted on our collective (sub)conscious […]

During the three or four weeks ( Blimey, where did that go?! ) since my last posting, during which time (aside from still wondering when the Curry countenance will be […]

I note that Nature Network‘s homepage informs us that it is now a year since the photo portrait of Stephen Curry commenced residence. Now, I’ve nothing against Stephen Curry – […]

Whether or not it is ‘proper’ to draw conclusions about somebody when you enter their home and encounter their reading choices evidently displayed on their bookshelves, do we ever wonder […]