Next January we’ll be visiting The USA to attend the Miniature Art Society of Florida’s annual exhibition at the Dunedin Fine Art Center. We also plan to spend a couple of days in the Everglades (where we may hire a couple of kayaks for a short while – very short if we encounter any alligators!) […]

This torus-shaped building is the size of Wembley Stadium and is the home of the Diamond Light Source. My young friend had booked us on a specialised tour of this incredible building last Sunday. It’s the home of the UK’s national synchotron facility, and is located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. I had no […]

I had one of those senior moments on Friday last week. We’d booked tickets to see the film Spectre at our local cinema. It was a dark and rainy evening as I joined the queue of cars into Henley, giving myself plenty of time to get to the 5.40 performance. Arriving five minutes before the […]