I’ve been donating blood, and more recently platelets and plasma, for about 10 years. Today I hit my 100th donation. The staff at the donor centre (Margaret Street, London – I can’t say enough good things about the people there) realised it was my 100th and gave me a sample bag full of the snacks …
Category Archives: Photographic
On The Art Of Teeth – Preview
First Light. Candles illuminating the pathology museum. Casting shadows of the teeth.
Bhutan or Bust
For work reasons I’m in Bhutan. It’s a small kingdom in the Himalayas close to Nepal and India. Awake at 4am. First 4am of the day.Left home 9:30, home to Mile End then Central line to Liverpool Street. Fast change to Standstead express.Arrive at Dubai around 1am local time. Pass security to collect bags, exit …
2025 / 365
I’m a long-term user of the Flickr photo sharing / social media site. I joined some time in 2005, so it’s 20 years this year. I’ve 29,198 images on there, of which 2,813 are public. These numbers are accurate right now, but will be inaccurate very quickly. I’m going to take a photo per day …
My other job
When I’m not looking at teeth and bones, I’m a Gadabout heritage scientist. Today, I’m up in Cambridge looking at old manuscripts with modern science. I’m using optical coherence tomography to see if we can look beneath some corrections in a south American manuscript.