Ada Lovelace Day 2011 #ALD2011

Wow! It is *so* hard to choose just one woman to blog about for Ada Lovelace Day. I've thought very hard about it and keep coming back to the same person. This woman is one of the cleverest people I've ever met and also one of the nicest. She is s...

Please spare a thought… #londonriots

Feeling weird. Riots in the streets in my beloved London. A friend from the US stayed at my place last night because he couldn't get home to his flat in Clapham Junction due to rioters. Tonight, everyone being sent home from work early, shops are ...

A day to remember at Bletchley Park

Wow!! What a day. Last Thursday was finally the day of the summer garden party at Bletchley Park. I have been working with a fabulous team at Google organising the party for a couple of months and Thursday was finally the day we had been waiting f...

Soapbox Science

Last Friday I took part in an event called Soapbox Science: From explaining the merits of experiments in space, to how plants make decisions, the Soapbox Science event aims to showcase UK women in science and inspire the next generation of scienti...

Gomshall and Shere

Went for a lovely short walk in the countryside today with my daughter Emma around the Gomshall and Shere area. We had a wonderful time despite the rain, what a picturesque part of the world :)) We saw a vineyard, a baby pheasant, a completely cle...

The Queen visits Bletchley Park

Yesterday was an amazing day. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visited Bletchley Park to unveil a memorial to the codebreakers who worked there during the second world war. It was absolutely wonderful to see so many codebreakers together at Bletchl...

Summer Garden Party at Bletchley Park

I'm currently working hard with fabulous people at Google organising a Summer Garden Party to be held on August 4th at Bletchley Park. Apart from being a great opportunity to visit Bletchley Park (some pics above) itself there will be all sorts of...

Massive Queue at the ROH!

Wow! Just clicked on a link in an email to book tickets for an opera at the Royal Opera House and got put in a ticket purchase queue at with nearly 2000 people in front of me! Would you Adam and Eve it? ;))