Sand bell sleuth
12 February 2026In the early 1980s, in a shop window in the Northam Road antiques quarter of Southampton, I spotted a beautiful glass bell filled with coloured sands forming...
In the early 1980s, in a shop window in the Northam Road antiques quarter of Southampton, I spotted a beautiful glass bell filled with coloured sands forming...
What are you currently working on? I am project manager on the Swiss National Science Foundation-funded project “Holocene hydroclimate, drought...
On 4 August 2025, a ‘Blue Plaque’ was unveiled on Astor Hall (Devonport Road) in Plymouth. It marks the life of Ralph Alger Bagnold FRS OBE KL, who...
Few geoscientists can say their career trajectory was altered in real time by a volcanic eruption, but volcanologist and geothermal geoscientist Catherine...
What is a typical day for you? My workload is quite varied providing geological support for the vast array of projects that GCG is involved with and...
The Mineral Cup was launched by Eddie Dempsey in 2017 and is now an annual competition where people vote for the best of two minerals. Controversially,...