The UK is very good at innovation. We punch well above our weight in research. Yet successive governments keep effectively cutting university funding and introducing hostile policies. But innovation … (View Post)

Repeating from last night, as I think it’s worth doing! I’m back from a preview showing last night of “Mr Nobody Against Putin”, a fantastic documentary about the descent of Russia ever deeper into f… (View Post)

Yeah, the only big deal is that the doddery old guy is President of a country. (View Post)

I have a friend whose first language wasn’t English. He speaks English fluently, but he’s very proud of his first language, loves going on about how special a language it is. We tease him about it. B… (View Post)

I’m just back from a preview showing of “Mr Nobody Against Putin”, a fantastic documentary about the descent of Russia ever deeper into fascism and militarism. It was made by someone working at a sch… (View Post)