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I seem to have forgotten how to tweet, while finishing a couple of scientific paers.

So sad to hear that the trilobite conference in Cincinatti has been cancelled. There should be a forum for enthusiasts fo these wonderful animals to meet up.

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Does Liz Truss really think that all those concerned about climate change are an "anti-growth coalition"? Is she unconcerned about the planetary crisis?

Surprised and pleased to find I had an OBE this January 1. Good news for taxonomists of every persuasion.

Out in PNAS! Our paper on jousting trilobites: sexual competition 400 million years ago

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I am sad to report that Euan Clarkson - who made us understand how trilobites saw the world - has just died. He was one of a kind.

My new book about my lifelong obsession with fungi is hot off the press: Close encounters of the Fungal Kind (William Collins). People who have enjoyed my previous nine books should like this one too.

Good review of my book Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind in The Spectator. I hope it will be published in the USA as its compass is international.