About Me
If you found me searching for the lyrics to the children's song, you can find them here.
I am a researcher in bionanotechnology currently living and working in Tokyo. I moved out here nearly three years ago, against my better judgement but in search of adventure. It has certainly been an adventure and not one I would have missed for the world.
I am trying to retrain as a designer and you may see the odd example of my work appear here as I progress.
I also indulge in opinionated rambling.
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Category Archives: Politics
Dear Liberal Democrats…
I understand what being part of a coalition means. I understand that, as the very minor party in a coalition, your power over what is essentially a Tory government is limited. I even understand that you will have to pinch … Continue reading
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If bus drivers never made a U-turn…
I’ve never really understood why we demand out politicians be stubborn and inflexible in the face of a constantly changing world.
Posted in Art, Politics
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Save our BBC?
I’ve just been to the BBC News website for the first time in ages; I’ve been getting my daily fix of world events from all over the place but mostly the Grun, Indie, New Statesman (my new fave), NYTimes, Al … Continue reading
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A quick post about tuition fees
The Government’s website factsonfees needs to be more widely known about. It busts some prevalent myths and makes it clear that, for the vast majority of people, the new system about which we are all so upset is actually better … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics, Psychology
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What Kraft holes!
Kraft are moving a few key Cadbury jobs to Switzerland so as to avoid paying the UK treasury £60 million in corporation taxes, which is exactly what they did last year with Kraft’s own UK management, so it should have come as no … Continue reading
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Wha…?!?!
Today I’m going to link to an entry in Charlie’s Diary because he says all there is to say on this really. That’s where I read about this and sometimes I just think mirroring a story is a good idea. … Continue reading
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Standing by my earlier comments
A while ago I wrote a long and angry post about how the (now previous) Government had scrapped funding for equal or lesser qualifications leaving me with an almost impossibly large bill for the course I would like to do. … Continue reading
Someone tell Vince Cable we can’t do time travel yet.
Ok, ok, I know. I said I was going on holiday, and I am, after just this one more post… Isn’t it always the way that something really important always happens just as you’re walking away from the office? Yesterday … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Good Science/Research Blogging, Politics
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Andy Coulson: too wicked or too stupid?
I didn’t say it first – that honour goes to George Eaton of The New Statesman – but it would seem to be a good argument. If Andy Coulson knew that his hacks were breaking in to mobile phones then … Continue reading
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Professional politicians
I cannot stand professional politicians. By that, I mean people who have got a degree in politics and then gone straight into an internship with an MP (perhaps via a spell working in the NUS[1]) and worked themselves up to … Continue reading
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