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How we’re collecting your snow memories

Just a quick post, to share the below poster which I have created for display in the School of Geography at Nottingham, where Snow Scenes is based. In addition to introducing the project, the poster shows how we are collecting memories online (through this site and Twitter) and directly in Cumbrian communities, and also how …

‘Talking Weather’

“If a census were taken of common topics of conversation amongst British people, it is very probable that the weather would take first place” (Manley, G.V (1952) Climate and the British Scene, Collins: 13) This week Georgina and I have been making final preparations for a workshop on ‘Talking Weather’. The event will be held …

Science in Public conference, University of Nottingham

Yesterday I contributed to a session on ‘Social Media, Public Engagement and the History of Science, Technology and Medicine’ as part of the Science in Public 2013 conference (#SiP13) at the University of Nottingham, and the Manchester based International Congress for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (#ichstm). I was one of three speakers at the …