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Michael's blog about science, culture, and everything in between

Thursday, October 30, 2025

origins of Summertown

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Some thoughts on: The Butcher, The Tailor, The Picture-Frame Maker... Stories of Middle Way Gareth Winrow The Book Guild 2023 The aut...
Monday, October 27, 2025

a lovely case

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Pirate Luthier update This month I rescued an old cello , gave away a violin (number 23), and received one to repair and ret...
Friday, October 24, 2025

where our waste ends up

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We do like to think that the stuff we put into recycling bins or return to shops will be neatly disassembled and reconfigured into new produ...
Monday, October 20, 2025

sequencing all species

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I reported about the Earth BioGenome Project, which aims to obtain genome sequences for all eukaryotic species known to science, when it lau...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

a workshop guide

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Three years ago, just before I embarked on my pirate luthier journey, I discovered a book about lutherie techniques in the Oxfam bookshop a...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

violins played by Einstein

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Einstein's violin sells for £860k at auction , the BBC reported this week (on 8.10.2025). The trouble is, he owned several violins throu...
Thursday, October 09, 2025

a new old cello revealed

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Pirate Luthier update Two years ago, when I was looking for a cello as Heinrich the family cello was about to move out to rejoi...
Monday, October 06, 2025

a Denisovan skull

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I completely missed the memo when this happened but two separate molecular studies published earlier this year convincingly show that a know...
Saturday, September 27, 2025

an odd-sized violin

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Pirate Luthier update The second violin I discovered during that lucky day on Gloucester Green market, number 29 on my boo...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

planet aqua

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It's strange that we are calling our planet "Earth" as there isn't all that much earth around here. There's a metal co...
Monday, September 22, 2025

fake news in nature

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Living organisms communicate on many different channels, from chemical signalling to ultrasound, and wherever researchers look they find tha...
Sunday, September 14, 2025

a callipygian book

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Some thoughts on Museum bums: A cheeky looks at butts in art Mark Small and Jack Shoulder Chronicle Books 2023 Back in the good old ...
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I'm a chemist turned biochemist turned science writer, covering everything from nano to astro via bio. Also trying to make sense of my life in writing about family history. Playing wrong notes on a variety of instruments. Current craze: repairing violins and learning to play them too.
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