2018
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
Thorough biography of pioneering quantum physicist Paul Dirac – regarded by his peers as one of the greatest brains of the modern age, but somewhat lacking in personal PR skills. I found it utterly gripping as not only a window into the lives of his peers & mentors (Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Wolfgang…
The Incredible Swelling Hound*
We’ve got a puppy. I don’t think I mentioned this anywhere on here formally, although my Instagram feed has been fairly clear on this of late and a brief tag search here will verify this. When we first collected him, he was very small indeed. Since then, he’s proven to be an enthusiastic consumer of…
Top Ten Tuesday: Musicals
A recent discussion on Facebook with an old chum of mine from Australia saw him asking me what my favourite musicals are – so the downside of being asked a question like that is I can’t help but feel compelled to come up with a considered answer. In 1989 or thereabouts I was introduced to…
