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A hearty round of applause to Canadian PM #MarkCarney for this speech. Reassuring to know that there is at least still one grown-up in the room. www.facebook.com/maninthemonk...
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A round of applause from me to Canadian PM Mark Carney for this. Reassuring to know that there is still at least one grown-up in the room.
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January 24, 2026 at 11:12 AM
A hearty round of applause to Canadian PM #MarkCarney for this speech. Reassuring to know that there is at least still one grown-up in the room. www.facebook.com/maninthemonk...
Christmas may be behind us but am very much enjoying one gift in particular that I received this year - new biog of Francis Crick by @matthewcobb.bsky.social Heard there may be new film adaptation of hit stage play 'Photo 51’ on the way - if so, scriptwriters would do well to read this book…
January 16, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Christmas may be behind us but am very much enjoying one gift in particular that I received this year - new biog of Francis Crick by @matthewcobb.bsky.social Heard there may be new film adaptation of hit stage play 'Photo 51’ on the way - if so, scriptwriters would do well to read this book…
Just received promotional flyer from publishers #springernature for new book’ The Dawn Fisherman’ - a labour of love for the past few years by myself & #RalfDahm & quite possibly the only book about DNA to also feature a double-helical cake. Due out in Feb & feels very good to have got here at last!
January 16, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Just received promotional flyer from publishers #springernature for new book’ The Dawn Fisherman’ - a labour of love for the past few years by myself & #RalfDahm & quite possibly the only book about DNA to also feature a double-helical cake. Due out in Feb & feels very good to have got here at last!
Congratulations to my old friend & former university housemate #pculpepper@bsky.social Professor of Political Science, #blavatnikschool@bsky.social - on his new book ‘Billionaire Backlash’ making it into last weekend’s edition of FT! Looking forward to reading it! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/billionai...
January 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Congratulations to my old friend & former university housemate #pculpepper@bsky.social Professor of Political Science, #blavatnikschool@bsky.social - on his new book ‘Billionaire Backlash’ making it into last weekend’s edition of FT! Looking forward to reading it! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/billionai...
Writer CP Snow once warned that arts & sciences had become ‘two cultures’. Thankfully for us all, however there are exceptions - such as my co-author, Dr. Ralf Dahm, who will bridge Snow's chasm on 12/1/26 7.30pm GMT in online talk to Leeds Phil & Lit www.leedsphilandlit.org.uk/shop/seeing-...
Seeing the World through Failing Eyes - Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
How Eye Diseases Affect Vision & Transformed the Work of Famous Painters - Dr Ralf Dahm
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January 7, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Writer CP Snow once warned that arts & sciences had become ‘two cultures’. Thankfully for us all, however there are exceptions - such as my co-author, Dr. Ralf Dahm, who will bridge Snow's chasm on 12/1/26 7.30pm GMT in online talk to Leeds Phil & Lit www.leedsphilandlit.org.uk/shop/seeing-...
Went to local carol service other night where ‘While Shepherds Watched’ was sung not to regular tune that everyone knows but its original traditional arrangement which turns out to be…none other than Yorkshire’s very own national anthem, ‘On Ilkley Moor’!!! Give it a try if you're not convinced!
December 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Went to local carol service other night where ‘While Shepherds Watched’ was sung not to regular tune that everyone knows but its original traditional arrangement which turns out to be…none other than Yorkshire’s very own national anthem, ‘On Ilkley Moor’!!! Give it a try if you're not convinced!
Lake District connection to #DNA story? Yes(sort of) - Dec 1942, scientist #FlorenceBell was married in St Mary's church, #Ambleside (shown here) before emigrating with new husband to USA…alas never to resume groundbreaking work she had begun on DNA structure whilst working in Leeds 5 years earlier…
December 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Lake District connection to #DNA story? Yes(sort of) - Dec 1942, scientist #FlorenceBell was married in St Mary's church, #Ambleside (shown here) before emigrating with new husband to USA…alas never to resume groundbreaking work she had begun on DNA structure whilst working in Leeds 5 years earlier…
Delighted with my co-author Ralf Dahm to have given what may well be only talk on DNA to also include #GreatBritishBakeOff as we explored life of F Miescher, tragic subject of our new book ‘The Dawn Fisherman’ Thanks to #RoyalSocietyChemistry Hist Group for video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiYS...
Kersten Hall and Ralf Dahm: Friedrich Miescher and Discovery of DNA
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December 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Delighted with my co-author Ralf Dahm to have given what may well be only talk on DNA to also include #GreatBritishBakeOff as we explored life of F Miescher, tragic subject of our new book ‘The Dawn Fisherman’ Thanks to #RoyalSocietyChemistry Hist Group for video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiYS...
My own seasonal celebration of link between @universityofleeds.bsky.social textiles & #DNA story - origami double helices hung from strands of wool for community Christmas tree festival this weekend in St. Michael’s church, #Headingley. A childhood watching Blue Peter has left a lasting influence…
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
My own seasonal celebration of link between @universityofleeds.bsky.social textiles & #DNA story - origami double helices hung from strands of wool for community Christmas tree festival this weekend in St. Michael’s church, #Headingley. A childhood watching Blue Peter has left a lasting influence…
@universityofleeds.bsky.social wins Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher Education thanks to 150 years of textiles research! Delighted that my years digging around in archives to explore how this led to 1st attempts at DNA structure played small part in this honour spotlight.leeds.ac.uk/queen-elizab...
The Fabric of Society
The University of Leeds’ 150 years of outstanding textile research has been recognised by the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education – part of the UK national Honours syste...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
@universityofleeds.bsky.social wins Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher Education thanks to 150 years of textiles research! Delighted that my years digging around in archives to explore how this led to 1st attempts at DNA structure played small part in this honour spotlight.leeds.ac.uk/queen-elizab...
Reposted
The prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education – part of the UK national Honours system – recognises Leeds’ outstanding, 150-years of textile research.
We delve into the history and explore the innovation driving the next chapter 👇 https://www.leeds.ac.uk/qep
We delve into the history and explore the innovation driving the next chapter 👇 https://www.leeds.ac.uk/qep
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education – part of the UK national Honours system – recognises Leeds’ outstanding, 150-years of textile research.
We delve into the history and explore the innovation driving the next chapter 👇 https://www.leeds.ac.uk/qep
We delve into the history and explore the innovation driving the next chapter 👇 https://www.leeds.ac.uk/qep
With only a week before grand finale of #strangerthings have just watched previous 4 seasons to jog memory & noticed much mention of black widow spiders in season 4. As veteran fan of #dungeonsanddragons am hoping this means that we might be treated to an appearance by another classic villain...
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
With only a week before grand finale of #strangerthings have just watched previous 4 seasons to jog memory & noticed much mention of black widow spiders in season 4. As veteran fan of #dungeonsanddragons am hoping this means that we might be treated to an appearance by another classic villain...
With coauthor Ralf Dahm, am looking forward to telling Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group how, nearly 100 years before #jameswatson & #franciscrick double-helix, Friedrich Miescher discovered DNA - only to die aged 51 crushed by sense of failure…all told in our new book…#SpringerNature 2026
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
With coauthor Ralf Dahm, am looking forward to telling Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group how, nearly 100 years before #jameswatson & #franciscrick double-helix, Friedrich Miescher discovered DNA - only to die aged 51 crushed by sense of failure…all told in our new book…#SpringerNature 2026
…and while #Photo51 (or its twin) alone not enough for #jameswatson to solve DNA structure, names of Astbury, Bell, Beighton & how first attempts to crack DNA structure grew out of Northern textiles research would all be better known today had Watson been shown Beighton’s photo #oupacademic
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
…and while #Photo51 (or its twin) alone not enough for #jameswatson to solve DNA structure, names of Astbury, Bell, Beighton & how first attempts to crack DNA structure grew out of Northern textiles research would all be better known today had Watson been shown Beighton’s photo #oupacademic
Who knew #Photo51 taken in 1952 by #rosalind_franklin & R Gosling has forgotten twin!!?? Identical image taken #universityofleeds in 1951 & might well have come to attention of #jameswatson had scientist #WTAstbury only been as good a comedian as he was at applying physics to biology…#oupacademic
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Who knew #Photo51 taken in 1952 by #rosalind_franklin & R Gosling has forgotten twin!!?? Identical image taken #universityofleeds in 1951 & might well have come to attention of #jameswatson had scientist #WTAstbury only been as good a comedian as he was at applying physics to biology…#oupacademic
With renewed interest in discovery of #doublehelix following death of #jameswatson, who’d have thought that first attempts to crack structure of #DNA began with research into wool fibres in North of England thanks to scientists WT Astbury & F Bell!!?? #universityofleeds #OUPAcademic
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
With renewed interest in discovery of #doublehelix following death of #jameswatson, who’d have thought that first attempts to crack structure of #DNA began with research into wool fibres in North of England thanks to scientists WT Astbury & F Bell!!?? #universityofleeds #OUPAcademic
How bizarre that I should be teaching myself how to fold origami DNA helices for use as somewhat unconventional Christmas tree decorations when I heard the news this weekend about scientist James Watson
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
How bizarre that I should be teaching myself how to fold origami DNA helices for use as somewhat unconventional Christmas tree decorations when I heard the news this weekend about scientist James Watson
Usually if I write to newspapers, it’s to bang on about long dead scientists who no-one has heard of…but while a bit outside my home turf of history of science, review of new film Tron Ares in recent weekend Financial Times prompted me to write in response to make what (I hope!) is a serious point…
October 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Usually if I write to newspapers, it’s to bang on about long dead scientists who no-one has heard of…but while a bit outside my home turf of history of science, review of new film Tron Ares in recent weekend Financial Times prompted me to write in response to make what (I hope!) is a serious point…
Wonderful talk by author @lamornaash.bsky.social on Sat @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social about her new book - courageous, honest & uplifting. Thanks not just for signing copy for my son but also for unpacking what ‘The Grand Inquisitor’ is all about - after reading your book I finally get it! (at last!)
October 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Wonderful talk by author @lamornaash.bsky.social on Sat @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social about her new book - courageous, honest & uplifting. Thanks not just for signing copy for my son but also for unpacking what ‘The Grand Inquisitor’ is all about - after reading your book I finally get it! (at last!)
And everyone legged it on arrival of a deer. Best nights TV viewing I’ve seen in years!
August 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
And everyone legged it on arrival of a deer. Best nights TV viewing I’ve seen in years!
Mind you - fox made itself scarce when the badgers pals showed up…
August 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Mind you - fox made itself scarce when the badgers pals showed up…
Have spent the week in remote #Northumberland where #foxandbadger captured on cottage wildlife camera show that nature need not always be so brutally ‘red in tooth and claw’. Surely a pub name in there somewhere, if not an example of harmonious co-existence from which we would do well to learn...
August 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Have spent the week in remote #Northumberland where #foxandbadger captured on cottage wildlife camera show that nature need not always be so brutally ‘red in tooth and claw’. Surely a pub name in there somewhere, if not an example of harmonious co-existence from which we would do well to learn...
And having written a book that contains both science - thanks to Astbury & Bell’s work on DNA - and cricket thanks to the legendary 1981 Headingley Ashes, I was delighted to have been there myself yesterday - right over the road from Astbury’s former home on Kirkstall Lane! #ENGvsIND
June 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
And having written a book that contains both science - thanks to Astbury & Bell’s work on DNA - and cricket thanks to the legendary 1981 Headingley Ashes, I was delighted to have been there myself yesterday - right over the road from Astbury’s former home on Kirkstall Lane! #ENGvsIND
And a MASSIVE thanks also to Butlers & Boundary Hotel on Cardigan Road, Headingley Leeds who helped save the day (along with England’s batting!) by kindly providing secure laptop storage for those of us who'd come along hoping to sneak some work in during lunch & tea! www.boundaryhotel.co.uk
The Boundary Hotel | Headingley, Leeds
When you need a place to stay, get in touch with the friendly team at The Boundary Hotel in Headingley, Leeds. We’re close to the stadium complex and the town centre.
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June 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And a MASSIVE thanks also to Butlers & Boundary Hotel on Cardigan Road, Headingley Leeds who helped save the day (along with England’s batting!) by kindly providing secure laptop storage for those of us who'd come along hoping to sneak some work in during lunch & tea! www.boundaryhotel.co.uk
Had they still been around, am sure that, as keen cricket fans, Leeds based scientists #WilliamAstbury & #FlorenceBell would have taken a break from work on #DNA structure & wool to be at #Headingley yesterday for victory in #ENGvsIND Test Match...
June 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Had they still been around, am sure that, as keen cricket fans, Leeds based scientists #WilliamAstbury & #FlorenceBell would have taken a break from work on #DNA structure & wool to be at #Headingley yesterday for victory in #ENGvsIND Test Match...