Did you know that there was no women’s marathon in the Olympic Games until 1984? The men’s event, in contrast, was part of the inaugural “modern Olympics” in 1896. Wo... Read more
I knew nothing about about Newton Faulkner other than that he was a singer/songwriter. I loaded up his album, Hand Built By Robots, on Spotify and thought it was great so, last night, I aske... Read more
“It was during that performance of Rigoletto that opera imprinted itself on Katsumi Hosokawa, a message written on the pink undersides of his eyelids that he read to himself while he s... Read more
Earlier in the summer, three students from my old university, UCL, set off to Vancouver Island for a spot of sea kayaking. As a member of the UCL Expedition & Travel Committee, I gave th... Read more
This morning I am packing my bags once again for another little adventure. Ever since I’ve known Rob he has been preparing for this event: his first triathlon. Here’s what... Read more
Over the four weeks that I’ve spent on expedition with BSES in Norway, the activities have been split roughly 50/50 between mountaineering and kayaking. I have been land based througho... Read more
I am currently in Norway. You can read about it here and see live updates here and at the bottom of the page. There is a well-known theory in the study of memory called consolidation. It... Read more
I am currently in Norway. You can read about it here and see live updates here and at the bottom of the page. In my absence, we have a guest blog from my good friend Ben Wade about a recent... Read more
This is the last post I’m writing before I head to Norway tomorrow. I’d been struggling to think of something clever to write about for some time and this is the best I’ve... Read more
The aim of this blog entry is to encourage you to explore your local area. I recently moved back to the town in which I grew up. In many ways that could be viewed as a step back, a regressio... Read more
I met Chris and George when playing hockey for Hampstead and Westminster ‘Thirsts’ team. It may sound like ‘Firsts’ but that, I assure you, is where the similarity en... Read more
This website is made with free software, on a computer running a free operating system, filled with free programs. I’ve recently switched from using the standard Microsoft packages tha... Read more
