What keeps us posting on social media? [@georgiaturner.bsky.social, Gunschera, Subrahmanya, Salecha, Eichstaedt, Me & @orbenamy.bsky.social] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A terrific piece in a very good journal from one of my alumni on the City St George’s Narrative Non-Fiction course. www.elsewhere-journal.com/the-end-of-t... Book before August 31 for a £40 discount. www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
All shall be well — Elsewhere: A Journal of Place
By Alice Kent Out here in the edgeland, borderland, hinterland, whatever you choose to call it, I came to realise the problem: nobody could hear us scream.
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City St George’s Narrative Non-Fiction. New course starts Tuesday 6 October: “The diversity of the group was fantastic for challenging and extending my own writing.” (recent student). Book before August 31 for a £40 discount. www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
Non-Fiction Writing Course | City St George's, University of London
This Narrative Non-fiction Writing online evening short course supports you in writing non-fiction, from biographies to memoirs or travel writing blogs.
citystgeorges.ac.uk
City St George’s Narrative Non-Fiction. New course starts Tuesday 6 October: “It was a real joy getting to work alongside people from all over the world" (recent student). Book before August 31 for a £40 discount. www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
Non-Fiction Writing Course | City St George's, University of London
This Narrative Non-fiction Writing online evening short course supports you in writing non-fiction, from biographies to memoirs or travel writing blogs.
citystgeorges.ac.uk
What is the connection between Paul McCartney and the great academic guardian of English Literature F. R. Leavis? heliconiuscydno.medium.com/scanning-pau...
Scanning Paul McCartney
I once met Paul McCartney. It was a party on 10 September, 1997, held in a Mexican restaurant in the heart of Soho, celebrating Buddy Holly…
heliconiuscydno.medium.com
The paperback Thinking Small and Large is published today: “I began to read it casually and found that I couldn't stop ...” Stephen Greenblatt, Pulitzer Prize winner for The Swerve www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-Sma...
Thinking Small and Large: How Microbes Made and Can Save Our World: Amazon.co.uk: Forbes, Peter: 9781837732067: Books
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The paperback Thinking Small and Large is published today: the 4 billion year Great Convergence of life on earth www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-Sma...
Thinking Small and Large: How Microbes Made and Can Save Our World: Amazon.co.uk: Forbes, Peter: 9781837732067: Books
Buy Thinking Small and Large: How Microbes Made and Can Save Our World by Forbes, Peter (ISBN: 9781837732067) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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This euphorbia produced a nest of concentric inverted cones instead of a smooth mound. Cause? Months of rain followed by a hot period on heavy clay soil heliconiuscydno.medium.com/plant-goes-b...
Plant goes berserk
This spring I noticed a strange growth pattern in a recently planted euphorbia ‘Ascot petite’. It attracted attention through astonishing…
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Thinking Small and Large, out in paperback 2 July: “For readers unfamiliar with microbial ecology, it will be eye-opening. For scientists, it offers a unifying narrative that connects disparate fields”. Nature www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-Sma...
Thinking Small and Large: How Microbes Made and Can Save Our World
Buy Thinking Small and Large: How Microbes Made and Can Save Our World by Forbes, Peter (ISBN: 9781837731701) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Why did cars get so ugly. Remember the elegance of the Tigra and Ka heliconiuscydno.medium.com/elegant-anim...
Eureka! A Wikipedia page - not before time. And the paperback Thinking Small and Lage appears July 2: "For readers unfamiliar with microbial ecology, it will be eye-opening. For scientists, it offers a unifying narrative that connects disparate fields" Nature en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_F...
Peter Forbes (author) - Wikipedia
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@heliconiuscydno.bsky.social on the "fantastic odyssey of our languages and the migrating peoples that carried them"
Book review: Proto – How One Ancient Language Went Global
Proto-Indo-European gave birth to a plethora of modern languages, but there remains a question mark over its origins
newhumanist.org.uk
City St George’s Narrative Non-Fiction. Course starts Tuesday 20 January “It was a real joy getting to work alongside people from all over the world and the diversity of the group was fantastic for challenging and extending my own writing.” (recent student) www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
Non-Fiction Writing Course | City St George's, University of London
This Narrative Non-fiction Writing online evening short course supports you in writing non-fiction, from biographies to memoirs or travel writing blogs.
citystgeorges.ac.uk
“To writers seeking a jumpstart, I recommend the Narrative Nonfiction course taught by @heliconiuscydno“ - Ciaran Thapar, Penguin author and former student. Starts Jan 20 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
Non-Fiction Writing Course | City St George's, University of London
This Narrative Non-fiction Writing online evening short course supports you in writing non-fiction, from biographies to memoirs or travel writing blogs.
citystgeorges.ac.uk
City St George’s Narrative Non-Fiction. New course starts Tuesday 20 January: “Peter is a really good, experienced tutor with a long and distinguished publishing history; the perfect teacher for this course” (recent student). www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
Non-Fiction Writing Course | City St George's, University of London
This Narrative Non-fiction Writing online evening short course supports you in writing non-fiction, from biographies to memoirs or travel writing blogs.
citystgeorges.ac.uk
City St George’s Narrative Non-Fiction. New course starts Tuesday 20 January: “To writers seeking a jumpstart, I recommend the Narrative Nonfiction course taught by @heliconiuscydno“ - Ciaran Thapar, Penguin author and former student. www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
Non-Fiction Writing Course | City St George's, University of London
This Narrative Non-fiction Writing online evening short course supports you in writing non-fiction, from biographies to memoirs or travel writing blogs.
citystgeorges.ac.uk
Now booking: Narrative Non-fiction (NNF) at City. Alumni books books from Penguin, Faber, Granta etc. New course starts Tuesday 20 January: “Terrific teacher! Encouraging, practical, demystifying and lots of specific feedback” (recent student) www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
Non-Fiction Writing Course | City St George's, University of London
This Narrative Non-fiction Writing online evening short course supports you in writing non-fiction, from biographies to memoirs or travel writing blogs.
citystgeorges.ac.uk
A great book list from Shepherd on the Story of CO2 is the Story of Everything. Declaration of interest: I'm one of the recommenders shepherd.com/books-like/t...
Love The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything? Readers pick 100 books like The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything...
Readers who loved The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything share their favorite books like The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything (by Peter Brannen).
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Q&A for the Sunday Post on my book Thinking Small and Large: How microbes made and can save our world. www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunda...
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My W&A in the Sunday Post (print) today on Thinking Small and Large: How microbes made and save our world www.sundaypost.com
The Sunday Post
All the latest Scottish news, investigations, features, opinion and analysis from the team at The Sunday Post,
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The astonishing deep role of carbon dioxide in 4 million years of life revealed in several powerful books recently. Every living thing is made from CO2 and our industrial civilisation depends on the CO2 captured and stored by many milliennia of ancient photosynthesis: shepherd.com/best-books/n...
The best books on the new understanding of carbon dioxide’s pivotal role in 4 billion years of Earth history
Peter Forbes shares the 5 best books on new understanding of carbon dioxide’s pivotal role in 4 billion years of Earth history. Have you read The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything?
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The deep history of carbon dioxide is powerful explainer for 4 billion years of earth history and a vital way of understanding the world now. It’s at the heart of my Thinking Small and Large and the 5 books highlighted here: shepherd.com/best-books/n...
The best books on the new understanding of carbon dioxide’s pivotal role in 4 billion years of Earth history
Peter Forbes shares the 5 best books on new understanding of carbon dioxide’s pivotal role in 4 billion years of Earth history. Have you read The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything?
shepherd.com
Seven years ago I wrote a backgrounder on Huntington’s disease at a time of great hope for treatment and/or cure: medium.com/mosaic-scien... Those hoped were dashed but now there is a real breakthrough: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How close are we to a cure for Huntington’s?
Twenty-five years after the discovery of the gene behind Huntington’s disease, Peter Forbes reports on the potential first treatment for…
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Last 7 places on City St George’s Narrative Non-Fiction Sept 30. “To writers seeking a jumpstart, I recommend the Narrative Nonfiction course taught by @heliconiuscydno.bluesky.social” - Ciaran Thapar, Penguin author and former student. www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
Non-Fiction Writing Course | City St George's, University of London
This Narrative Non-fiction Writing online evening short course supports you in writing non-fiction, from biographies to memoirs or travel writing blogs.
citystgeorges.ac.uk
The great synthesis - earth history as the story of energy, firstly biological and then human-industrial using fossil photosynthesis - is everywhere now. This is very similar to Peter Brannen's The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything www.quantamagazine.org/how-humanity...
How Humanity Amplified Life’s Quest for Energy | Quanta Magazine
A planetary perspective on the relationship between life and energy, and the emergence of a life form whose influence extends across the entire biosphere — presenting us with an awesome opportunity.
quantamagazine.org
The Gecko’s Foot is still going strong at 20 but J. E. Gordon’s Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down is still in print at 47. And he still outsells me! www.amazon.co.uk/Geckos-Foot-... www.amazon.co.uk/Structures-T...
The Gecko's Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book
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The Gecko’s Foot still going strong at 20. My inspiration was J. E. Gordon’s Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down. He was THE biomimetics pioneer; I'm pleased his book and mine are both on the Cambridge Engineering syllabus. www.amazon.co.uk/Geckos-Foot-... www.amazon.co.uk/Structures-T...
The Gecko's Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book: Amazon.co.uk: Forbes, Peter: 9780007179893: Books
Buy The Gecko's Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book Revised ed. by Forbes, Peter (ISBN: 9780007179893) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible...
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Thank you very much - it’s been a pleasant surprise to see it’s longevity