I’m shirking today; in fact I’ve not achieved a lot all week, still wresting my mindset from holiday mode back into work, despite having loads to sort. I managed to […]

London’s a crazy place, isn’t it? Aside from the dreadful news of young men being stabbed to death in broad daylight (Oxford Street, 5 p.m.; plenty of witnesses, right? Right?), […]

Three days after my friend’s wedding and still in the midst of overwhelming hospitality, being fed to bursting, imbibing caipirinhas in quantities sufficient to precipitate diabetes and give mosquitos a […]

I have previously blogged on an amazing animal. I have no indication that anybody read the piece or was the least bit interested, so am unlikely to increase my readership […]

Tell you what I’m going to do, should I ever get a grant again. Instead of using the money to conduct the research for which it is awarded and intended, […]

I should state at the outset that what follows includes brief mention of that creationism/ID stuff, so if you’re not interested, that’s fine, but I let you know as I […]

A re-emphasis on the common good has been progressed with fair points made by Cath Ennis on the analogy between unwanted cigarette smoke and objectionable religious and atheist pontification. Taking […]

This post originally contained retaliatory comments pertaining to a dispute that arose from a difference of opinion in this blog. However, as the matter has been resolved, and in response […]