Tom Anderson
@drtomanderson.bsky.social
Head of Chemistry Subject Group Lead at the University of Sheffield, writer on the side at @sealionpress.co.uk
Students may have seen me use this #book by @cepmurphy.bsky.social as an example of why it's important to fill out feedback surveys: if you don't do it, all the decisions will be made on the basis of readers who give a three-star Amazon review to a wonderfully clever parody they don't understand.
Charles EP Murphy ( @cepmurphy.bsky.social ) discusses the #writing of his marvellous 'double blind #WhatIf' #WW2 book " #Chamberlain Resigns": a parody of overly-smug and prescriptive " #AlternateHistory " essay collections by #historians with blinkered views. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
Why I Wrote… Chamberlain Resigns, And Other Things That Did Not Happen
By Charles E.P. MurphyIt was the internet’s fault. I’d been into history as a general interest since I was a kid, and alternate history was introduced to me through a barrage of sci-fi stories, most e...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Students may have seen me use this #book by @cepmurphy.bsky.social as an example of why it's important to fill out feedback surveys: if you don't do it, all the decisions will be made on the basis of readers who give a three-star Amazon review to a wonderfully clever parody they don't understand.
Fantastic #VICEPHEC keynotes from Jacqui Robson yesterday, Shane Bergin and especially my colleague Julie Hyde (I am biased!) today. Really interesting stuff ranging from public trust in science to the career impact of GTA programmes.
August 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Fantastic #VICEPHEC keynotes from Jacqui Robson yesterday, Shane Bergin and especially my colleague Julie Hyde (I am biased!) today. Really interesting stuff ranging from public trust in science to the career impact of GTA programmes.
Here at the start of #VICEPHEC 2025 and big kudos to @liverpooluni.bsky.social for a very well organised setup, especially the check-in and accommodations. Looking forward to the speakers, especially tomorrow's keynote from my colleague Julie Hyde.
August 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Here at the start of #VICEPHEC 2025 and big kudos to @liverpooluni.bsky.social for a very well organised setup, especially the check-in and accommodations. Looking forward to the speakers, especially tomorrow's keynote from my colleague Julie Hyde.
Some good news for a change - the University of Sheffield is back in the QS Top 100 rankings. www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/univers...
University of Sheffield ranked within top 100 universities in QS World University Rankings
The University of Sheffield has been ranked within the top 100 universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2026, reaffirming its place as a leading global university for teaching and...
www.sheffield.ac.uk
June 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Some good news for a change - the University of Sheffield is back in the QS Top 100 rankings. www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/univers...
Days off: 5; unread emails to come back to: 118 spread over 3 inboxes; time to zero unread emails: 1 hour 6 minutes. I worry sometimes that academia has honed this skill more than any other...
April 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Days off: 5; unread emails to come back to: 118 spread over 3 inboxes; time to zero unread emails: 1 hour 6 minutes. I worry sometimes that academia has honed this skill more than any other...
The last of Churchill's 'The Few' has passed away. RIP. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
John Hemingway: Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 105
Mr Hemingway, who is originally from Dublin, joined the RAF as a teenager before World War Two.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The last of Churchill's 'The Few' has passed away. RIP. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
While not as comprehensive as the real thing, this is impressive work considering it's just a guy on the internet. (It updates with actual current news stories). www.nathanmediaservices.co.uk/ceefax/#id=W...
NMS Ceefax
An up-to-date version of the BBC's teletext service, Ceefax.
www.nathanmediaservices.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
While not as comprehensive as the real thing, this is impressive work considering it's just a guy on the internet. (It updates with actual current news stories). www.nathanmediaservices.co.uk/ceefax/#id=W...
"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them" - Frank Herbert, Dune
While googling this quote to check it, I got interrupted by a google pop-up about why don't I get Gemini to do it for me.
While googling this quote to check it, I got interrupted by a google pop-up about why don't I get Gemini to do it for me.
February 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them" - Frank Herbert, Dune
While googling this quote to check it, I got interrupted by a google pop-up about why don't I get Gemini to do it for me.
While googling this quote to check it, I got interrupted by a google pop-up about why don't I get Gemini to do it for me.
My publisher has also joined me over here, so why not check out their collection of over 100 works of fiction by myself and many other authors?
Welcome - or welcome back - to Sea Lion Press!
January 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My publisher has also joined me over here, so why not check out their collection of over 100 works of fiction by myself and many other authors?
Hello everyone. Like everyone else in the civilised world, I have decamped from Twitter (which I always saw as a net negative for humanity even before Recent Events and only joined it under protest in 2020 as it had become nigh compulsory for academics). I'm a chemical scientist, a writer, and the c
January 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Hello everyone. Like everyone else in the civilised world, I have decamped from Twitter (which I always saw as a net negative for humanity even before Recent Events and only joined it under protest in 2020 as it had become nigh compulsory for academics). I'm a chemical scientist, a writer, and the c