Category Archives: General

Originally posted on Opening Night:
Karl Marx reincarnated for Manchester audiences in one-man show, Marx In Soho. The 5th May marked in an incredible two hundred years since Karl Marx was born, marking the occasion, renowned historian and activist Howard Zinn’s…

Originally posted on Opening Night:
On the first anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing, Hope Theatre Company return to award-winning Hope Mill Theatre to celebrate the life of Martyn Hett, with their empowering and inspiring play, #BeMoreMartyn. First performed in October…

Seoul Searching Lately I find myself getting reacquainted with my artistic side. I’ve always been pretty artsy, at some point I was even aiming to be an animator for Disney. Though that dream has come and gone, every now and … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Back on the road again:
Waxi on the river Irwell The Manchester Water Taxi or Waxi started life late in 2016 and is a great addition to the long list of things to do in Manchester and…

This idea for this post came to me quite unexpectedly. I was talking to a friend about how I want to improve my productivity and morning routine (one of my many goals for 2018).  She said “Me too! I just … Continue reading →

Originally posted on The Knowledge Exchange Blog:
Image: 3000AD, Shutterstock (CC) This guest blog was written by Mateja Kovacic, Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield. Before I started working on real-world robots, I wrote about their fictional and…

Originally posted on Call Me Shorts Boy:
One of the most incredible things about life is that, despite its immense variety, it is expressed in the same way in all organisms. From simple, single-celled bacteria to complex, multicellular animals like…

Originally posted on Shelf Indulgence:
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher by Richard P. Feynman —– About twenty years ago, I read Feynman’s two memoirs based on a co-worker’s recommendation. He led an interesting…