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Writing tagged: ‘family’

Seeing Scarlett

In the unlikely event that I should ever find myself at a cocktail party chatting with Scarlett Johansson, I will now be able to explain to her how we have something in common.

Published 19-Feb-2014
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: experiments, family, mum, scarlett johansson

Nanna Margaret

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of my grandmother.

Published 05-Apr-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: family

Giving dogma a bad name

Pope says some science shatters human dignity.

Published 31-Jan-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: family, pope, science

Of peg-legs and false teeth

Photo of my great-grandparents unearthed.

Published 07-Jul-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: family, genealogy, photography

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On the Moor: science, history and nature on a country walk

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