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I know, I promised you some geological maps a week ago didn't I? All in good time. In the meantime, New Scientist magazine has revealed the most inspirational woman scientist of all time. I could probably have guessed that Marie Curie would win the...
Yesterday the UW Geological Museum shut its doors to the public. I think it's absolutely atrocious that such a valued educational establishment has been shut for the sake of saving what is, in terms of a university's budget, not a lot of money.
Grand...
A while ago I had a brief conversation with (((Billy))) about mapping in the UK, where we rarely have exceptional exposure and where a lot of our mapping is carried out by playing a game of dot-to-dot, joining up sections across valleys, using...
What a shame. After all the hard work, the letters that have been written to the trustees and the signatures that have been added to the petition, the UW Geological Museum will be closing on Tuesday. There have been nearly 2,400 signatures as of this...
I've been in town at UCL and Birkbeck all day. I've met with both supervisors, chatted to other students about techniques, visits, specimens and the like, and later I think I'll head to the map shop in the Natural History Museum and get myself a...