The 2016 Last Encore music project has come to a close. When I first spoke about it back in January I remarked that it had been a “rough few weeks for music”.…

The Ceremony of the Keys is a remarkable tradition that takes place every evening at the Tower of London. At exactly 9:53pm the Chief Yeoman Warder, accompanied by members of…

Music is a big part of my life. That urge to find great music is as strong now as it was 30 years ago. Finding music is easier with a service like Spotify. It’s…

Astronomers are a stubborn and hardy breed. Not only is it a largely nocturnal activity, but the best weather for viewing is usually in the winter, when colder weather brings…

Reasons to be Creative is a 3-track, 3-day conference held annually in Brighton, in the UK. I say “conference” but, as was noted this year, the vibe is more that of…

A little bit of history was made last month. So far as I can tell it didn’t make the news but I feel it should be recorded as it marks…

I’ve been having something of a digital spring clean. Moving web hosts was long overdue but while we’re at it why not clean out the whole stack? So my old…

The Venice Time Machine is an interesting project underway at the Digital Humanities Lab of Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL). The team have embarked on a ten year digitisation…