Art and ritual

10 July 2017 by Camilla Mørk Røstvik

Most people who have dabbled in art history have come across Sir Ernst Gombrich OM (1909-2001). The Austrian-born art historian, who…

The lesser-spotted physicist

24 January 2017 by Julie McDougall-Waters

The history of the Royal Society is full of famous men and women of science, but every so often we…

Mocking your elders

4 May 2016 by Noah Moxham

Recently I found myself trawling through the minute-books of the Royal Society’s Committee of Papers. This was the body responsible…

Opening envelopes

22 April 2016 by Keith Moore

High over a tranquil English landscape, a life-or-death struggle is taking place. A balloon is locked into a stratospheric rise,…

Cito, longe, tarde: fly quickly, go far, return slowly

9 March 2015 by Kat Harrington

Whilst browsing the Royal Society’s latest events I read with interest of tonight’s discussion on the 2014 Ebola outbreak. I…