James' Empty Blog

The recent NCC paper of that name prompted a comment. Plausible? Yes, certainly. This idea has been doing the rounds for some time, the ba...

If you let them keep your contact details then, as well as sending you news on their latest fundraising scheme, your Oxbridge college will ...

Marathon time has come round again. Jules and I decided against a trip to the EGU this year, having just recently gone to the AGU instead. ...

We all know by now that Brexit means brexit . However, it is not so clear whether independence means independence or perhaps something else...

Blogging while drinking coffee, on another foggy morning in Settle.  When in Japan we liked to boast about the high humidity. My Dad was...

Blackpool , located out on a pointless bump on the west coast of England, remained a little village until the Victorians invented tourism....

All Americans I've ever met and talked to about my pussies get very embarrassed. I've learned to say "kitties" instead. B...

Fans of Betteridge's Law will already know the answer.... This is about the latest food scare of course. Toast and “overcooked pot...

We’d rather enjoyed our last trip to the AGU and had always hoped to go back some time but it’s a long and expensive trip from the UK espe...

The possibility of visiting NCAR has been at the back of our minds for some time, so when the rare honour of invitations to spea...