A review of Robert Charles Alexander book — I was delighted to open this (2nd hand) book to discover a handwritten note by Maurice Harker on the title page. I also enjoyed the picture of William S Percival, another of the team, who I had taxi-ed down to INMOS from EMI, Hayes in the 80’s (he was in…

More sympathy would be due to the unempathetic Mr MacIver if the last two years had not been unprecedented. Teaching has been clearly transformed, with parents gaining appreciation of what is actually involved. A lot of the extra-curricular activity is curtailed due to volunteers, eg STEM Ambassadors, not being allowed…

(Draft) Notes from other lecturers + ToL article links — Prof Cath Noakes (Mechanical Eng) “Coughs & Sneezes “, Hand washing, Aerosol lifetime — 100um:a minute, 30um (smaller than u can see):few minutes wind — easily inhaled, 5um:upto an hour, 0.3um: proteins and fat surround virus particle Covid in Scotland: Virus mildness in children puts school masks ruling to test One in six patients admitted to Scottish hospitals with coronavirus are under 18 but most are discharged quickly and…www.thetimes.co.uk

Local paper communication — I enjoyed the education focus in Thursday’s Evening Express: Flashback school pictures, North East to receive less government Early Years education money, and (indirectly) Colin Farquhar on risks and creativity, a cinematic meets civic redevelopment view. His full page article started with an anecdote on school poetry, and concluded with…

Kaws: New Fiction is at Serpentine North Gallery, online and Fortnite (to Feb 27, 2022), serpentinegalleries.org What happened when street artist Kaws put on the first exhibition on Fortnite ★★★☆☆In 1972, 30,000 Egyptomanics witnessed Tutankhamun's burial mask at the British Museum in the show's first week…www.thetimes.co.uk To access this online gallery space, players have to download Fortnite onto a PC, PlayStation, Xbox or Android mobile for free and create an account.

(Purchased elsewhere at a 25% discount to Amazon price which seems more common of late) — When I first flicked through this book I felt it was a bit of hodge podge, but on reflection the chapters: on employee recollections, Sir Jules’s charity work and the large appendix can be read individually. Unsurprisingly it focused on the author’s (Dr Jim Lewis) area of expertise: Ferguson TVs…

We had an Aberdeen family meeting a week or so ago — Friday March 11 is the proposed start of the 3 night long weekend with Nana and the twins in a Scottish Lodge. The date was selected as proximate to an Alumni lecture in Durham earlier in that week. (relocated from Whitekirk Hill to North of Berwick) The latest idea was that Erica, assuming that by then she is…