St George’s Hall in Liverpool has hosted many an illustrious visitor over its many years but none I’m sure as endearingly scatty as Katy Manning. Having apparently taken a wrong turn, due to her well-known short sightedness, her grand entrance … Continue reading An Evening With Katy Manning 20/3/16

As part of their latest exhibition, Cosmonauts. Birth of The Space Age, the Science Museum in London has been running a series of after hours events, including a Space Comedy Night hosted by Radio 4’s Helen Keen. The Exhibition For … Continue reading Cosmonauts: Space Comedy Night – 19/2/16

As I’m very new to this blogging malarky I was surprised to be asked a few weeks ago to give a short talk at Manchester Girl Geeks on my blogging experience by the lovely Zoe Breen of http://cheeruplove.com/ As I’m still … Continue reading Meet The Bloggers -24/1/16

As a Dr Who fan for many years I held the view that “if it wasn’t on TV, it wasn’t cannon” and, although I have to admit that I really haven’t had much time in recent years to listen to many … Continue reading Big Finish Day 8 – 16/1/16

We all have our Christmas traditions, whether it be watching the Queen’s speech, wearing that Christmas jumper or pretending to love the present of socks and handkerchiefs that Aunty Beryl gives you every year. Over the past three years Prof … Continue reading Brian & Robin’s Christmas Compendium of Reason – 10 & 11 /12/15

Back in the day Dr Who conventions were mainly organised by local fan groups and held in hotel conference rooms. Autographs and photos were free, dealers tables were relegated to a side room and female fans were as common as … Continue reading Dr Who Festival – 14/11/15

A school hall in Pontefract isn’t where you would normally expect to encounter a NASA legend, played on the big screen by Tom Hanks, but for the past several years Space Lectures have brought some of the biggest names in space history to this unlikely venue. The latest speaker was Capt Jim Lovell, probably most famous for leading the Apollo 13 mission. Such was the demand for an audience with Capt Lovell that an extra date was added to the schedule and despite his 87 years he showed plenty of energy during the extra day of photo sessions, lecture and … Continue reading Space Lectures – Jim Lovell 1/11/15

It was with some trepidation that I took my seat at The Lowry for FOTSN’s latest show. You wouldn’t expect a show about charts, plots and diagrams to involve any risk of personal harm but when the woman checking my ticket on the way in immediately said “Ooooh your on the front row” in much the same way that someone would say “Oooh your cars just been crushed by a steam roller” you do start to wonder. “Yes” I said. “I’ll give them a wave”, “Oh they’ll have you doing more than that” was her final warning. Given Steve Moulds … Continue reading Festival of The Spoken Nerd- Just For Graphs 25/10/15