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The Neil Gaiman Podcast

Writing: Recent work related experiences have had the effect of denting my self-confidence somewhat, with the “imposter syndrome” that invariably...
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S Narayanswami

The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu. Scientist and Feminist. Jo Willett

This biography of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) was published this year. Nothing specific was said about the pandemic, but the obvious message is that it is time to more broadly understand her role in the adoption of inoculation as a medical technology.
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Bindi – An Indian Toy Story

I had a rough concept in mind - Bindi, a discarded folk art wooden doll who is superseded by more technologically advanced toys wants to go to "Bollywood" and find her fortune there.
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S Narayanswami

THE ENTRÉE

When I finished my PhD in 1979, my next career step was to do a postdoc. I wanted to go to the Huge Lab in Strasbourg, since it was the most high-profile lab in Europe at the time.
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S Narayanswami

The Easter Hat

Writing: After I finished my PhD at the University of St. Andrews, I did a postdoc in Strasbourg.   Separately from...
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Writing

“The Return of The Space Gods”

Fiction: “The Return of The Space Gods” On an overcast, grey and shadow-less day a security drone buzzed high overhead,...
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Winning My Wings

A community bound into a vast network by radio frequencies, transponder codes, tail numbers, voices, and tracks on Flight Aware. Because “In the air, nobody can see the color of your skin.
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Bar Bruno – A Tale of Horror…

I sat at the back where it was coolest and surrounded by the monochrome collage of pictures of Old Soho that papered the walls at the rear of the cafe, staring unblinkingly at the unending stream of traffic outside and people walking lazily past....
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Sculptor’s Daughter. Tove Jansson

I bought this book in 1978 and reread it after I finished my bio of Tove. Her father was a sculptor, Viktor Janssen, and her mother, “Ham”, an artist. It is a quick read-about 2 hours-and consists of short vignettes written from a child’s point of view.
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Film

Indestructible TV…

The most remarkable thing about Anderson's episodic TV series, each running to between 25 and 30 minutes, is how you are drawn into the carefully crafted puppet worlds...
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Animation

“Moominvalley” – Gutsy Animations

The week of April the 14th 2019 saw the launch of the new CG animated adaptation of Tove Jansson’s creation “Moominvalley” – on Sky One in the U.K.
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Drawing Conclusions…Gandhi’s Ghost.

A faint whiff of tragi-comedy surrounded Gandhi because of his given name..
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