Our relationship with food is a complicated one – psychological as well as physical I suppose, with lots of experiential and emotional associations. Knowing what’s the right weight- and what to do about it isn’t made ay easier by mixed messages in the media either. Here’s two examples: 1. I was reading Closer magazine (british…

I’ve previously banged on about on about the brilliance of nature and evolution in teaching us stuff. This article from the Guardian has some beautiful examples, including  wind turbines based on sycamore seeds and a desalination plant that mimics a beetle (the species, not the car) it also doubles as an open air concert venue.

Back at work, after 10 days off. Slightly dazed and traumatised with over 500 emails to trawl through and a pitch tomorrow. While I try and remember what it is I do,  I’ll draw your attention this post from Planning Blog. Apparently tea is better for you than water. Regular readers will remember my love…

…. have you read about the Poincare Conjecture? Scott‘s  put up a link the Washington Post Article if you haven’t. Basically, it’s possible that someone has solved one of the biggest mathematical problems of modern times, which may lead to things like understanding the shape of the universe. The problem is, thickos like me can’t…

Northern Planner is venturing down side to Cornwall. Back in a week and a half.

.. so it’s good job that Scamp has kindly fallen for my cunning ruse and posted the ten things creatives want to know when they start in a new place. Brilliant clues for bribery that I would never ever stoop to… Response To Andrew Andrew said…Good luck to both of you. What are the things…

Here’s a great post from Carol on the value of good research. So good I’ve nothing to add, just read it, and enjoy the other stuff on the site too. I love the dry, slightly bemused  way this blog is written. A joy.

No one likes being dumped, but on the other hand it might mean you meet the partner of your dreams. The Guardian from yesterday has found a silver lining to current nightmare people are having in airports: " Aren’t you secretly thrilled at the new see-through bag and ‘keys, ticket and passport only’ regime? No…

Trawling through shots for the previous post, I found this from my Mum’s house.That’s me in the middle of my nephews. We’re staying with them in St Ives next week. I also found this picture of my Mum’s cherry peel cake. There’s nothing like tastes like home. And here’s some shots of Tate St Ives.…

Terry asked for a post holiday report on the Eden Project following on from this post. We’ve decided not to go next week since it gets really busy in summer, but here’s some stuff from last time. Eden project  is place to explore plants in their natural environment. There are two biotherms, one temperate, one…