RETURN TO CAMBRIDGE

One Sunday in late September found me back in Cambridge for a reunion lunch. For me, returning to Trinity College always feels like a homecoming. We had an address from the Master: Lord Rees of Ludlow, Astronomer Royal and President of the Royal Society. On the drive from Cheshire I had been listening (again!) to his 2010 Reith Lectures - absolutely fascinating words of wisdom about astrophysics and the future of mankind.

All freely downloadable at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/reith

By the way, for one of Ian's own contributions to the BBC, look at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7457795.stm






After the lunch I visited the Wren Library, where I sat my first-year college exams. On display there is the work of one of Martin Rees's predececcors: an original draft of Isaac Newton's 'Principia'. And nearby there's the no less impressive manuscript of that other classic: A A Milne's 'Winnie the Pooh'.