While Mrs G is at the hairdresser I’m usually at Undercover Books in Norwich adding to my my library of ancient and medieval literature. Heliodorus, Ancrene Wisse, Holy Maidenhead, Arthuriana & three editions of Beowulf. Hwaet!
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
While Mrs G is at the hairdresser I’m usually at Undercover Books in Norwich adding to my my library of ancient and medieval literature. Heliodorus, Ancrene Wisse, Holy Maidenhead, Arthuriana & three editions of Beowulf. Hwaet!
The Further Chronicles of Pupperino: me and my fren Primrose are enjoying a wildlife dogumentary about the laughing doggos of Africa. My fren Primrose is a bit frightened by the laughing doggos. Perhaps she’d like to hide behind the sofa.
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Further Chronicles of Pupperino: me and my fren Primrose are enjoying a wildlife dogumentary about the laughing doggos of Africa. My fren Primrose is a bit frightened by the laughing doggos. Perhaps she’d like to hide behind the sofa.
THE WONDER OF LIFE ON EARTH is published 5 Feb 2026 and is available for pre-order. For more details inquire within: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
THE WONDER OF LIFE ON EARTH is published 5 Feb 2026 and is available for pre-order. For more details inquire within: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...
Got home from #svp2025 to find a shiny advance copy of THE WONDER OF LIFE ON EARTH. It’s published in February and I’ll be launching it at the #norwichsciencefestival - but why wait? You can pre-order a copy now www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Got home from #svp2025 to find a shiny advance copy of THE WONDER OF LIFE ON EARTH. It’s published in February and I’ll be launching it at the #norwichsciencefestival - but why wait? You can pre-order a copy now www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...
If you can see this you’ve already missed the #SVP2025 author event chaired by Tom Holland (L) with Thomas Halliday (‘Otherlands’), Elsa Pancirolli (‘Beasts Before Us’) and some random bald fat bloke who just wandered in from the rain.
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
If you can see this you’ve already missed the #SVP2025 author event chaired by Tom Holland (L) with Thomas Halliday (‘Otherlands’), Elsa Pancirolli (‘Beasts Before Us’) and some random bald fat bloke who just wandered in from the rain.
Really enjoying Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meet in Birmingham- pity about the weather - now on way to author panel - I might get washed away before I get there SVP2025
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Really enjoying Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meet in Birmingham- pity about the weather - now on way to author panel - I might get washed away before I get there SVP2025
Here’s the @natureportfolio.nature.com crew at #SVP2025 - @joaovascoleite.bsky.social @devinleaward.bsky.social @lukegrinham.bsky.social and me. Come and chat.
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Here’s the @natureportfolio.nature.com crew at #SVP2025 - @joaovascoleite.bsky.social @devinleaward.bsky.social @lukegrinham.bsky.social and me. Come and chat.
Woes of the New Postdoc No. 143
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Woes of the New Postdoc No. 143
Investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith (the late Elizabeth Sladen) gives @nature.com a namecheck in Dr Who ('Invasion of the Dinosaurs', 1974). Ah, the days when even small children hiding behind sofas were scientifically literate.
November 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith (the late Elizabeth Sladen) gives @nature.com a namecheck in Dr Who ('Invasion of the Dinosaurs', 1974). Ah, the days when even small children hiding behind sofas were scientifically literate.
People who have no interest in human evolution are potato-heads. Obviously.
October 31, 2025 at 6:52 AM
People who have no interest in human evolution are potato-heads. Obviously.
My feelings about AI are summarised nicely in this single picture (from the Dr Who episode 'Victory of the Daleks').
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
My feelings about AI are summarised nicely in this single picture (from the Dr Who episode 'Victory of the Daleks').
Clearly, the mind of the production designer for the Dr Who story ‘The Time Monster’ (1972) was … er … elsewhere.
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Clearly, the mind of the production designer for the Dr Who story ‘The Time Monster’ (1972) was … er … elsewhere.
I have! I have! Pick me!
October 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I have! I have! Pick me!
Now, why didn’t I think of that?
October 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Now, why didn’t I think of that?
Home visits from general practitioners are now extremely rare in some parts of the galaxy.
October 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Home visits from general practitioners are now extremely rare in some parts of the galaxy.
I’m sure we’ve a vacancy at one of our interdisciplinary journals, Doctor. I presume you’ll be working mostly from one of our Earth offices?
October 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I’m sure we’ve a vacancy at one of our interdisciplinary journals, Doctor. I presume you’ll be working mostly from one of our Earth offices?
Dating in a time of respiratory pandemics.
October 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Dating in a time of respiratory pandemics.
‘Matters Arising’
October 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
‘Matters Arising’
Actual view of me at work.
October 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Actual view of me at work.
So farewell, Hay on Wye. See you again soon. But not too soon. I’ll have to save up first #BookSky #TsundokuForever
September 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
So farewell, Hay on Wye. See you again soon. But not too soon. I’ll have to save up first #BookSky #TsundokuForever
Well who’d’ve thunk it?
September 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Well who’d’ve thunk it?
The older I get, the more I agree with Dr Who.
September 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The older I get, the more I agree with Dr Who.
Why many news editors and all politicians find scientists so frustrating.
September 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Why many news editors and all politicians find scientists so frustrating.