Monthly Archives: June 2017

Every day, I feel even happier with the idea of becoming a Dutch citizen. This week, I received a letter from the mayor of The Hague (Pauline Krikke) inviting me to attend the naturalisation ceremony in the town hall on … Continue reading →

This is my last blog on Disconnect. But I have to write it. And it makes me sick. It begins with the truly monstrous attack on young people, mainly girls, who were at Manchester Arena on 22 May for an … Continue reading →

My avid readers (!) will know I grew up in small villages where there was little to do except watch birds. It was a comforting hobby, giving me a lot of simple pleasure which I still have when I watch … Continue reading →

On February 23 2014, I wrote a blog called “Home” which contains this extract: In fact, up to 1987 I was still on this one-year exchange program, so 8 years in all. But it was flying back from the UK in … Continue reading →

In 1974 I joined the research group of Ron Breslow at Columbia University in New York. In so many ways, I look back on my 15 months there with so many happy memories. I loved that city, the people who … Continue reading →