Note to self. Old Speckled Hen, tasty as it might be, doesn't make a good session beer.

We met up with Fiona and Tom last night and completed a mini crawl around the remaining Milton pubs we had yet to familiarise ourselves with. The final pub was the Lion and …

Hmm, Facebook seems to have eclipsed the usual blog dissemination approach on this one. Lee did ask what sort of time was good. Fliss and I are taking Friday off to get up to Manchester so we should be there by early afternoon. I guess that means from 1700 onwards …

It seems Jodrell Bank will be safe for the next next two years at least. Of course I still have questions about the general level of funding in science in this country but as it stands I think it's good news. I'm glad I wrote the letter to my MP …

We made an abortive attempt to go bowling last night which was scuppered when we got to the bowling alley at 6pm only to discover it was fully booked until midnight. The run of luck was compounded by a distinctly average chain restaurant meal driven by my desire for a …

I've just booked the bulk of our travel for our mini European vacation next month. The total cost comes out at somewhere in the region of £400 per person which is slightly inflated by me going for 1st class tickets on the two long train journeys (Berlin to Frankfurt and …