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Escape-proof???
Sounds Familiar
The Hounding of the Royals 
Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells?
The Mystery of the Stones
Going Loco
Troy
Pedal Power
Dentures
Obesity
Genius Sperm
Ultimation
Sandals, Slaughter and Sex
Greased Lightning
Flying Saucers
Aztecs
Venus
The Stuarts
The Ascent of Man
Test-tube Tantrums
RT Mastermind
Medical Marvels
Engineering Triumphs
Eccentricity
Surreal Estate
Offshore Wind Farms
Nothing to Loos
Groovy
A Bridge Too Far
Flogging a Dead Horse
Christmas Quiz Questions

Articles written for

Microsoft Encarta

What did the Romans ever do for us?

Is the weather really changing?

Taking the piss - Urine through the ages

Are we alone?

Eurekaaargh - Inventions that nearly worked

Why beans make you fart

Three great ancient Greeks

Cooking up inventions

Laser Guide Star

In conversation with Martin Hesp (PDF file) Western Morning News, 10 September 2008

How Big Science Seduced Us

Telegraph, Saturday 13th September 2008

Science Centres

Science in Parliament Vol 65 No 1 Spring 2008

Putting the 'P' into compost Telegraph Seven Magazine September 2007

My morning as a time traveller Daily Telegraph September 2007

Are we alone?                     Radio Times 2007                  

World Toilet Day                     Wateraid Report, November 2007

World Toilet Day                  Daily Telegraph, 19 November 2004                             

Newton and the rotten apple 
Daily Telegraph, 11 September 2002                           

At home and school in 1952 
The Times, June 2002              

A tough mistake
Chemistry Review, September 2001                                  

The Pioneers who Invented Progress 
Daily Telegraph, August 2001

Romans were streets ahead 
Daily Telegraph, November 2000

The birth of the bike  
Eurekaaargh!, 1999         

Thomas Crapper  
Thunder, Flush and Thomas Crapper, 1997