Holiday inspiration – part1)

Bit of a risk this.  Normally when I go away I have a blog or two prepared and ready to go.  This time I decided to take inspiration from the holiday.  At least it seemed like […]

What will future generations make of us?

As a science fiction writer I am of course imagining what life will be like in the future, the technology and the worlds we humans will inhabit.  However, I’m also intrigued by what our societies […]

Fortitude – a lesson from the canal builders

At the weekend I was lucky enough to be invited to spend a few days on a narrow boat belonging to friends.  Despite the weather’s attempts to put a damper on things a great time […]

The universe – 15 mind boggling facts

I have a dictionary that I was given at Christmas when I was eleven and in my first year at secondary school.  On the blank opening page I wrote my name and address.  After the […]

Go on – read some fantasy

Last week I implored people to put aside prejudices of ‘genre fiction’ and read some science fiction.  This week I’m going to do the same for the cause of fantasy.  I suppose as a scientist […]