Category Archives: Rambling

Experts

It has been a bit of a week. I am just back from the Congress Centre – which is a hall underneath Congress House, the headquarters of the TUC – where I was a late stand-in as a speaker on … Continue reading

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Cocktail update: Martinez

According to the book I got for Christmas, this is the “missing link between the Manhattan and the Martini”, and dates back to 1884. Tastewise, ithat description works for me, as does the cocktail itself.

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HAPPy Days

If you are interested in the History and Philosophy of Physics, this 10th anniversary commemorative volume from the Oxford Centre for History and Philosophy of Physics might contain treats, possibly including a write up from me of a talk I … Continue reading

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South African adventure…

See below from Louie, one of the people who made it happen, and below that for a flavour my extra Cape Town excursion, thank to James Keaveney.

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