Author Archives: Rhian

I’m in New York and loving it. Quite a contrast from last time I visited, a fortnight after having returned from Antarctia the first time, constantly getting rushed at by honking cars while staring at the rooftops and fire escapes … Continue reading →

Grey mizzle across the country, a hanging mist, traffic fluidly moving through the capital’s centre, commuters buying coffee, picking up the free paper, listening to their ipods. Schoolchildren on a train, the first day of term after the summer, a … Continue reading →

I dedicated my Ph.D. thesis ‘to the hydroxyl radical, omnipresent but ever elusive, you have a wicked sense of humour’. In retrospect, this may seem a little theatrical. But at the time I truly felt that I had been chasing … Continue reading →

It’s a hot, smoggy day in London and I’m sitting on an overcrowded train. It’s too hot for this many people to be in one space. In fact, it’s too hot for this many people to be in one place: … Continue reading →

I want to write about science. Well, I don’t really, I’m dragging my heavy arms to the keyboard, I have surfed every website I can think of, I have even done the washing up. It’s not that I don’t like … Continue reading →

The continual changing scenery can be slightly overwhelming at times. Mostly, as I say to everyone, it’s like I’ve been gone for 10 minutes. Not even ten days to the Med with holiday snaps to prove. Ten minutes or a … Continue reading →

The airport hotel in Santiago had all mod cons, including an en-suite bathroom, with bath. I was very excited about this bath, but as I went to close the curtains at the window so I could waltz around naked between … Continue reading →