I've just agreed to do a charity skydive next May for The Beatson Pebble Appeal , which is our University's Cancer Charity, along with four of my colleagues from the Hunterian Museum. A little terrifying, yes, but hopefully, if we book in time, we'll get to do it with The Red DevilsAnd let's face it, if you're gonna jump out of a plane, being ( Read more... )

Work today was a marked improvement on last week, when I seemed to have what an ex-colleague termed my 'Freak Beacon' (or just freacon for short) switched on to full ( Read more... )

Today, all my student dreams came true and they filmed Flog It! at my work. PAUL MARTIN, PPL! And yes, his hair is that bouncy and voluminous in real life. They did also manage to cause some havoc with the Gallery sound system, much to Dr. R's dismay - so instead of a nice and sensible lecture on Renaissance Italy the firsties got twenty minutes of ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I sold a book to Robbie Coltrane.

The End.

Actually, colleagues debated the wisdom of askng him to say "A'right 'Arry" but decided we'd all get sacked. I was alone on bookstall and therefore got a bit of banter with him. Cracker!omg!.