30 things I’ve learnt in 2014

I started this review by looking back at the 30 things I’d learnt in 2013.  That year was a big learning curve, e-publishing my first books, developing and launching this site and much more.  So […]

2014 – My blogging year

Well another year is almost over and I’m left wondering where some of it has gone.  As I get older I’m convinced someone is stealing the odd day from me here and there and over […]

Orion – we’re off again!

A few blogs ago I enthused about Rosetta and how it seemed to have reignited interest in space exploration.   And anyone who’s read my past blogs (e.g. ‘The human race needs to leave earth’) will […]

Stephen Hawking and artificial intelligence

As I writer of science fiction Stephen Hawking’s pronouncment on this subject  was bound to grab my attention.  One of the most eminent scientists of our generation talking doom and gloom and the possible end of […]

Post apocalypse science fiction

You can’t read or watch science fiction without coming across the ‘post apocalypse’ part of the genre.  I wouldn’t say that it’s a favourite of mine, but you can’t avoid it.  It pops up time […]