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Summer Highlights

Posted on 29/10/2019 by Jon Butterworth

One of the highlights of my summer was giving the “Highlights” talk at the end of the European Physical Society’s High Energy Physics meeting in Ghent. I wrote something about it here and here already, but today my write up of … Continue reading →

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Being English abroad, 2019

Posted on 26/08/2019 by Jon Butterworth

My weekend was mostly spent on the French side of border country, experiencing serial incidents of Englishness. On Saturday we went to a lake and swam. There was a French guy who seemed to be staring at me while I … Continue reading →

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The Oval, Hull, ExCel and CERN

Posted on 29/09/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Talking about particle physics is very audience-dependent A couple of weeks ago I gave a talk – “Scientific Section Presidential Address“, in fact – at the British Science Festival in Hull. I’ve just been sent links to a write-up (in … Continue reading →

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Whether it is cricket or physics, imagined scenarios can expand the limits of our understanding

Posted on 29/05/2016 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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