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Our Library Editor Ben Aitken sits down with Dr Michael Lamont from CERN to find out his literary loves in The Bookshelf. Getting a coherent response from a scientist is surprisingly difficult. Dr Michael Lamont is group leader of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland, where they pursue – decisively and precisely –…
‘English Wine’ is still one of those word combinations I still find myself approaching with some trepidation like ”German sense of humour”, ”Scottish sports” or ”Vegetarian Bacon”. I know they exist, but I’m not always entirely sure what for. For a start is always the question, how in the name of all that is holy…
Having spent the last 12 months in the Iranian capital of Tehran, it may surprise you that this city has a lot to offer, even with being in the Islamic Republic. The lonely planet guide does not do this city any form of justice, splitting this city of 14 million people into 2 groups; the…
It may be London Cocktail Week and we may be self confessed lovers of the capital (and especially it’s drinking options) but having put down the Evening Standard and turned off Capital (that’s a lie I’ve never listened to Capital in my life) we thought we’d reach out to some of our favourite bars from…
