Category Archives: Rambling

Life in a Sofa

Posted on 12/11/2022 by Jon Butterworth

Last night, while I was out talking about particle physics in Croydon, my useless family lost the TV remote. Having excluded all the other possibilities, this morning I came to the conclusion there was no option but to subject the … Continue reading →

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The relativity of age

Posted on 09/08/2021 by Jon Butterworth

Right, well the weekend was fun. We went to Cambridge which, while only 48mins away on the train, felt like an adventure in these coronaviral times. The world has shrunk to a plague-stricken village, while at the same time growing … Continue reading →

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War Poetry

Posted on 20/03/2021 by Jon Butterworth

The marching band came down along Main StreetThe soldier blues fell in behind O it was sad enough, weak enough, mad enough,Light in their loving as soldiers can be.First to risk choosing them, leave alone losing themNow, in far battle, … Continue reading →

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Quite a turn

Posted on 23/02/2021 by Jon Butterworth

Early this evening, when I had finished an afternoon of interviewing PhD candidates over zoom, I set off to meet my wife, who had, for her approved exercise, gone walking over Hampstead Heath. I phoned her to check the route … Continue reading →

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