I recently had the chance to walk the Broomway, a public byway six miles long that connects the foreshore at Maplin Sands to Foulness Island when the tide is out. When the tide is in, the way
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This is Boring: Boring V at the Conway Hall
For the second year in a row, I went to the Boring conference: The Boring Conference is a celebration of the minutiae of the mundane. Last year, speakers discussed things like why all national anthems
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The Chronophage – the Eater of Time
One of the Cambridge landmarks that features in the latest book is the Corpus Clock. The clock is this large, imposing creation set into the corner of Corpus Christi College where Trumpington Street and Bene’t Street meet.
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The Black Squirrels of Girton
On Saturday I went out on my first ever solo geocaching expedition. Someone recently showed me how it was done, and I was quite enchanted with the whole idea of it. There’s a marriage of
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Adventures in Dystopia: the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment on Orford Ness
So, this weekend I did something a little different. I’ve been thinking ahead to my future projects. I wondered which crime project will follow Bethan Avery, the first draft of which is nearly complete. With this
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LonCon 3 – Reaping the Whirlwind
Back from LonCon 3, which I only attended on Sunday. That said, I have still managed to pick up some kind of bug! Absolutely packed day, but looking back I didn’t do that much, compared
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Embracing your inner narcissist with Google Glass
So, recently it was finally my turn to play with the Google Glass kit at work. I did find that quite cool. The bare bones kit comes not so much as glasses as a pair
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Meerkats at Banham Zoo
Visited Banham Zoo recently and took this footage of meerkats mucking around at Banham Zoo (click on the picture to view): They are, admittedly, not wearing smoking jackets or talking adorable broken Russian, but
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Mind Seed now available!
So the big news is that Mind Seed, edited by David Gullen and Gary Couzens is out. This is a collection of science fiction stories the T Party writers in London put together to celebrate the
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What I want for Christmas… Part One, the Knitting Clock
Behold! It’s a knitting clock – not a clock made of knitting, but a clock that knits. Apparently it costs a cool 200,000 Norwegian kroner. I know nothing of Norwegian money, except that 200,000 sounds like
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