Smart tech problems: despite the heatwave, my velux windows keep closing themselves and chiding me for trying to open them in a tiny shower of rain.

Someone is clearly loving the aerial view of Cambridge Folk Festival

What a pleasure to see Billy Bragg at Cambridge Folk Festival yesterday. Despite songs about runaway capitalism & climate change, he left me with increased hope for the future.

In all the #NobelPrize buzz, it's nice to see that the non-scientists (not even human, in fact) in @CarolynBertozzi's lab don't get missed out: bertozzigroup.stanford.edu/people#pets

Congrats to my former ⁦Harvard University⁩ bandmate ⁦Carolyn Bertozzi⁩ on her ⁦The Nobel Prize⁩ in chemistry! We won the Ivy League Battle of the Bands in 1986 with our rockin’ group ‘Bored Of Education’, with her on keyboards & me in spandex. news.stanford.edu/2022/10/05/car…

Still getting back into the swing of going to gigs, but Let's Eat Grandma did not disappoint at MASH Cambridge tonight. Really glad I got to see them again.

After an extended hiatus because – well, you know – I've got back into #RollerDerby #photography. Thanks to Cambridge Rollerbillies and LondonRockinRollers!

More from Let's Eat Grandma live at MASH Cambridge recently

Merry spookmas everybody

We're looking for a new Digital Content Assistant at Chemistry World. It's a great chance to get your foot in the door of science journalism! I'm biased, but it's also in a supportive, friendly team. careers-rsc.icims.com/jobs/3177/digi…

We're looking for a highly skilled technician to head our research lab technician team of 6, who support 10 professors, 5 academics and 200+ personnel. ow.ly/56Jm50M97yJ

My new single "I Think I Did OK" is out TODAY - here's the video! youtube.com/watch?v=B_MOH8…

With a few simple adaptations and kindness from colleagues, #dyslexic people can thrive in science: chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-gi…

Me too, Victoria Coren Mitchell. Me too.

Congratulations to ABSW Awards 2023 finalists Feature of the Year - Specialist Audience Shaoni Bhattacharya The Psychologist Ewen Callaway nature Dawn Connelly The Pharmaceutical Journal Jamie D Chemistry World Diana Kwon nature absw.org.uk/pages/absw-awa…

I am privileged that BM, a #chemistry PhD student who was intentionally poisoned with thallium, trusted me to tell his story. For over a decade, he has fought to regain the abilities he had before the poisoning. The story just published in C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) 1/5 cen.acs.org/safety/lab-saf…

I've got my Chemistry World #NobelPrize announcement bingo card ready to go ahead of the broadcast later today. Get yours at chemistryworld.com/puzzles/nobel-… and play along! #ChemNobel

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.”

All this Norfolk Roller Derby photo editing has got me in a spin...

How has chemistry changed in the past two decades? To celebrate our 20th anniversary, we're taking a trip through the archives. This month we have our Editor, Philip Robinson, highlighting some of his favourite January issues from years past – including our first-ever edition!