A Fellow’s election card

11 February 2013 by Katherine Ford

2013 marks the centenary of the death of one of our less-remembered nineteenth-century Fellows, Sir John Lubbock, later Lord Avebury…

Shaggy dog stories

26 April 2012 by Keith Moore

Sometimes the history which catches my eye can accumulate around related topics and at the moment I’m having a run…

6 September 2011 by Nichola Court

I have recently assisted several researchers who are working on various aspects of the life and career of John Tyndall…

11 October 2010 by Keith Moore

The BBC journalist Sarah Cruddas asked me to talk about some neglected heroes of science last week with the idea…