Andy Brunning
@andy.compoundchem.com
🧪 Chemistry & Geology Subject Advisor
⚗️ #SciComm & infographics wizard at @compoundchem.com
👨👦👦 Dad to two boys, owner of two cats
💬 Part of the #ChatChemistry team
🎨 Occasional artist
⚗️ #SciComm & infographics wizard at @compoundchem.com
👨👦👦 Dad to two boys, owner of two cats
💬 Part of the #ChatChemistry team
🎨 Occasional artist
I baulked at the price of the official Pokemon advent calendars, so I’ve made my own for the boys by getting cards off of Cardmarket. Looking forward to them starting on this tomorrow!
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I baulked at the price of the official Pokemon advent calendars, so I’ve made my own for the boys by getting cards off of Cardmarket. Looking forward to them starting on this tomorrow!
The Cambridge observation wheel virus has spread to Ely
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Cambridge observation wheel virus has spread to Ely
Field blewits, a lonely inkcap and some clustered mushrooms (maybe mica caps?) on the school run this morning #FungiFriends
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Field blewits, a lonely inkcap and some clustered mushrooms (maybe mica caps?) on the school run this morning #FungiFriends
A bumper haul of field blewits finally showed up locally after the weekend rain
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A bumper haul of field blewits finally showed up locally after the weekend rain
This year’s pumpkin carving efforts, inspired by the boys’ Pokémon obsession 🎃
Mine on the left, @vidosanna.bsky.social’s on the right, and our eldest’s Bulbasaur pumpkin in the middle.
Happy Halloween everyone!
Mine on the left, @vidosanna.bsky.social’s on the right, and our eldest’s Bulbasaur pumpkin in the middle.
Happy Halloween everyone!
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This year’s pumpkin carving efforts, inspired by the boys’ Pokémon obsession 🎃
Mine on the left, @vidosanna.bsky.social’s on the right, and our eldest’s Bulbasaur pumpkin in the middle.
Happy Halloween everyone!
Mine on the left, @vidosanna.bsky.social’s on the right, and our eldest’s Bulbasaur pumpkin in the middle.
Happy Halloween everyone!
Bought the cats a cheap secondhand cat tower and, in a shocking development, one of them is actually using it. Of course, the other cat couldn’t care less, but one out of two’s not a bad return #Caturday
October 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Bought the cats a cheap secondhand cat tower and, in a shocking development, one of them is actually using it. Of course, the other cat couldn’t care less, but one out of two’s not a bad return #Caturday
I love this time of year when sunrise coincides perfectly with nursery drop-off time. Here’s this morning’s sunrise over the outskirts of Ely 📷
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I love this time of year when sunrise coincides perfectly with nursery drop-off time. Here’s this morning’s sunrise over the outskirts of Ely 📷
After completely failing to find any in the forests of East Anglia last year, we found a whole colony of fly agaric today! #FungiFriends
October 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
After completely failing to find any in the forests of East Anglia last year, we found a whole colony of fly agaric today! #FungiFriends
It’s been a few years since I topped up the sloe gin reserves so I’m making up for lost time with a quadruple batch
October 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It’s been a few years since I topped up the sloe gin reserves so I’m making up for lost time with a quadruple batch
I took the familiar walk down Bathwick Hill and along the canal to the train station for the first time in a number of years this morning. Bath really is a ridiculously beautiful place!
September 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I took the familiar walk down Bathwick Hill and along the canal to the train station for the first time in a number of years this morning. Bath really is a ridiculously beautiful place!
It was great to be back in Bath yesterday for a fantastic day of talks at #BathChem25. Thanks to @bathchem.bsky.social for the invite and for putting together such an enjoyable and engaging day!
September 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
It was great to be back in Bath yesterday for a fantastic day of talks at #BathChem25. Thanks to @bathchem.bsky.social for the invite and for putting together such an enjoyable and engaging day!
Back at Bath for #BathChem2025 today and look what I found in the chemistry building!
September 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Back at Bath for #BathChem2025 today and look what I found in the chemistry building!
I travel through London much more rarely but I did have an interesting route that took me past this National Chemistry Landmark this morning #ChemSky
September 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I travel through London much more rarely but I did have an interesting route that took me past this National Chemistry Landmark this morning #ChemSky
Picked up a new breakfast time insult while navigating around London’s tube strikes this morning
September 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Picked up a new breakfast time insult while navigating around London’s tube strikes this morning
Here’s the resultant inkcap ink. Pro tip: don’t sniff it. I made this mistake and now the stench of mushroom death may never leave my nostrils 🤢
September 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Here’s the resultant inkcap ink. Pro tip: don’t sniff it. I made this mistake and now the stench of mushroom death may never leave my nostrils 🤢
We found some hare’s foot inkcaps while out and about today so we’re giving making mushroom ink a go.
Like other inkcaps, these should quickly self-digest to leave a black goo, a process called deliquescence. I wrote more about it last year here: www.compoundchem.com/2024/09/19/i...
#FungiFriends
Like other inkcaps, these should quickly self-digest to leave a black goo, a process called deliquescence. I wrote more about it last year here: www.compoundchem.com/2024/09/19/i...
#FungiFriends
September 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We found some hare’s foot inkcaps while out and about today so we’re giving making mushroom ink a go.
Like other inkcaps, these should quickly self-digest to leave a black goo, a process called deliquescence. I wrote more about it last year here: www.compoundchem.com/2024/09/19/i...
#FungiFriends
Like other inkcaps, these should quickly self-digest to leave a black goo, a process called deliquescence. I wrote more about it last year here: www.compoundchem.com/2024/09/19/i...
#FungiFriends
Good luck to all teachers heading back this week!
If you're teaching @ocrexams.bsky.social A Level, GCSE or Entry Level qualifications this year, make sure you join our free online Subject Briefing next week to get all the key information you need for the year ahead: bit.ly/41yUlXr
If you're teaching @ocrexams.bsky.social A Level, GCSE or Entry Level qualifications this year, make sure you join our free online Subject Briefing next week to get all the key information you need for the year ahead: bit.ly/41yUlXr
September 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Good luck to all teachers heading back this week!
If you're teaching @ocrexams.bsky.social A Level, GCSE or Entry Level qualifications this year, make sure you join our free online Subject Briefing next week to get all the key information you need for the year ahead: bit.ly/41yUlXr
If you're teaching @ocrexams.bsky.social A Level, GCSE or Entry Level qualifications this year, make sure you join our free online Subject Briefing next week to get all the key information you need for the year ahead: bit.ly/41yUlXr
Fantastic double rainbow over Ely earlier today! 🌈
August 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Fantastic double rainbow over Ely earlier today! 🌈
Yesterday’s August 20th fireworks in Budapest 🎆
August 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Yesterday’s August 20th fireworks in Budapest 🎆
May's Flower Moon (well, 99% of it) rising over the rooftops earlier this evening
May 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
May's Flower Moon (well, 99% of it) rising over the rooftops earlier this evening
Here comes the enormous model sun ☀️
Currently displaying at Ickworth @midsandeastnt.bsky.social, Helios was put together with over 100,000 photos of the sun, with every centimetre representing 2000 km of the sun’s surface.
Currently displaying at Ickworth @midsandeastnt.bsky.social, Helios was put together with over 100,000 photos of the sun, with every centimetre representing 2000 km of the sun’s surface.
May 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Here comes the enormous model sun ☀️
Currently displaying at Ickworth @midsandeastnt.bsky.social, Helios was put together with over 100,000 photos of the sun, with every centimetre representing 2000 km of the sun’s surface.
Currently displaying at Ickworth @midsandeastnt.bsky.social, Helios was put together with over 100,000 photos of the sun, with every centimetre representing 2000 km of the sun’s surface.
Periodic table-inspired seating plan board!
May 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Periodic table-inspired seating plan board!
I let the kids make signs from bits of an old pallet planter I cut up earlier. Only after did I realise it kind of looks like we’ve marked where the bodies are buried…
May 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I let the kids make signs from bits of an old pallet planter I cut up earlier. Only after did I realise it kind of looks like we’ve marked where the bodies are buried…
Squirrel vs cat face-off in the garden this morning
May 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Squirrel vs cat face-off in the garden this morning