Meeting Boris tomorrow

Posted by Ellee on Mar 5, 2008 in updates | 18 comments I’ve been invited to join Boris for lunch tomorrow in a London restaurant, myself and a few other bloggers. I couldn’t refuse that now, could I! You only have to say the name Boris and everyone knows it means Boris Johnson, regarded as eccentric by some, but as a formidable foe by Ken Livingstone – especially as recent polls have put Boris in the lead for London Mayor.....
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A date with Darwin

Posted by Ellee on Mar 5, 2008 in updates | 8 comments I consider myself so lucky to be surrounded by some of the best brains in the world living close to Cambridge. As well as those from the past, who left an outstanding legacy, like former Cambridge scholar Charles Darwin. I wonder if he realised as a student enjoying Cambridge life to the full, hunting, collecting natural history specimens – especially beetles – and, with a group of...
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