#SciFri: What to expect at RHS Hyde Hall
In my mind, there are few gardens in Britain quite like RHS Garden Hyde Hall. Set high on a ridge in the Essex countryside near Rettendon, between Chelmsford and South Woodham Ferrers, Hyde Hall combines formal horticultural displays, experimental planting,…
#MuseumMonday: The Royal Institution – A History and Review of the Faraday Museum
The Royal Institution of Great Britain is one of the most remarkable surviving institutions in the history of British science. Founded in 1799, it occupies an unusual position between a scientific society, research institution, educational establishment, public lecture theatre and…
#SciFri: The Art of Deception at the Whipple Museum
There is something wonderfully appropriate about the fact that the Whipple Museum of the History of Science should mount an exhibition about deception. Scientific instruments are objects upon which trust depends. A telescope must provide a reliable image; a balance…
#MuseumMonday: My visit to the Whipple Museum of the History of Science
The Whipple Museum of the History of Science occupies a distinctive place among Britain’s university museums. Hidden away on the atmospheric Free School Lane in Cambridge, the museum is not simply a repository of antique instruments. It is a living…
#SciFri: Homo sapiens – Classifying the Human Animal
The classification of the human species has occupied philosophers, physicians, theologians, and naturalists for thousands of years. Long before the emergence of modern biology, human beings sought to understand what humanity was, how humans differed from animals, and whether differences…
#SteveReviews: Secret Garden
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that last week was Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, I could therefore think of no better way to celebrate than to watch Secret Garden. In an age dominated by frantic streaming…
#MuseumMonday: My visit to the British Optical Association Museum
You have probably noticed that I am not an optometrist, and I do not spend hours looking at the eyes of amphibians and reptiles for hours on end. However, I still appreciate that side of science and so I recently…
#SciFri: Fossil Hunting at the Kings Dyke RIG Site
It will be no surprise to regular readers of this blog that I really enjoy fossil hunting! Recently, I visited a new site with a number of friends of mine, at the Kings Dyke Nature Reserve, which is often referred…
