Science writer, editor, and presenter
Hello dear readers, I know it's been pretty silent here since I finished my epic 26 weeks of blogging.  While I've let a bit of dust settle onto this blog, that doesn't mean I've been idle.  I've been hard at work at the Royal Institution of Great Britain helping to create this year's CHRISTMAS LECTURES.  I did …
The year is 1791.  On a crisp autumn morning in south London, Margaret Hastwell, a blackmith's apprentice, gives birth to her third son.  With her husband, son, and daughter crowded around, she decides to name the newborn Michael.  Michael Faraday. Margaret had a lot on her plate, what with two young children, a husband who was …
Jon Farrow 