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Even I, who am not a great fan of running, admit it has certain advantages over mountain biking when the ground is wet and slippery. Round ...

It was dissoluted by Henry the Eighth so is no longer a proper church, but last Thursday we visited Fountains Abbey . Faced by about 1...

British trains may be slow and prone to delay, but they are the main reason that British people are so ingenious. Har...

Someone (Steve Bloom) asked after the the foster cat. I think Riley is now pretty much living the life of Riley . He's adjusting quite ...

...is the title of an interesting TV programme that was on BBC 4 last night. It is quite amazing that they dared to show such a maths/stat...

I’ve just had a very enjoyable visit to the UKMO Hadley Centre , courtesy of Richard Betts . My talk was similar to the one I ...

Well.. it's more like... things that go bump in the night This is Riley, and he's up for adoption. We are fostering him for Ben...

I'm not sure if either of my readers is interested in spending a(nother!) season in a primitive hut with only penguins for company (sli...

Just had two weeks in Japan, mostly visiting our friends and colleagues in AORI and NIES . These institutes are both ...

I dunno, spend a couple of weeks out of the country and a proper debate strikes up for a change. Marotzke and Forster published this paper ...