Death Fest time is here again! Okay, so we never officially called it that. Instead, this month, I've been helping put the final touches...

As arrangements for the Dying for Life event "Things to do when you're dead"* are hotting up, I'm getting out and about talking to people...

Today I am happy to share some animals from Conrad Gesner's "Icones Animalium". This delight from 1553 (reprinted in 1560 by popular...

Tiny, self-indulgent post. Today I heard the result of the Photography Degree assessment. The degree I started as "something to do"...

Death in Cambridge. It doesn't sound as glamorous as Death in Venice, but we have arty buildings and the punting. Most of all, we have a...

... to the Wellcome Collection. A wonderful way to spend an afternoon. And actually my favourite part were the audio extracts, one of...