Thomas W. Hodgkinson
@TWHodgkinson
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Science writer at the London Institute, book reviewer, author.
Joined May 2013
The true identity of the poet known as Homer? It was Odysseus himself. Probably. My piece on The Odyssey in the Argo: https://t.co/XarNW8jV5j
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My tribute to the magic of science was published in The Telegraph at the weekend. Read on to learn about how a candle *really* works; and the conundrum of the double slit experiment; and more!
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What was the first one-way street in London? The answer is Albemarle Street in Mayfair, which was made one-way in the early 19th century after becoming log-jammed with the carriages of people trying...
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For Durrells fans--my take on an excellent new biography of Lawrence Durrell. Recently published in The Oldie: https://t.co/wSkTrJakVw
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I don't normally specialise in vitriol but this is a sacred cow I've been longing to slaughter. 1000 words of bile in The Times about the joke vacuum that is Richard Curtis's Notting Hill. https://t.co/swVdWkapYO
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The word anagram, gratifyingly, is itself an anagram of raga man.
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REBEL WITH A CAUSE The BitMEX billionaire Ben Delo tells me how he made a fortune in crypto, the time he watched the Queen's funeral with Jordan Peterson, and why he loves the London Institute. https://t.co/bVRcYDwYdu
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What is Britain doing about @realDonaldTrump's science spending cuts? Not much, is the short answer. For the longer answer, read this excellent piece in @spectator by an American scientist who already crossed the Atlantic: https://t.co/vlIZkVPGX2
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As US science funding falters, Britain creating posts for top American researchers would be a win for science on both sides of the Atlantic.
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In The Times, our writer Thomas W. Hodgkinson reviews a compelling history of the “like” button, co-written by our Trustee Martin Reeves.
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In The Times, our writer Thomas W. Hodgkinson reviews a compelling history of the “like” button, co-written by our Trustee Martin Reeves.
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I’m trying to be as much of a dick as possible now—so when I’m successful, no one can say I changed.
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What Kierkegaard has to teach us about the secret plot of Bridget Jones's Diary. And The Godfather. And the Iliad. And our own lives, too. Read all about it in my latest piece for The Spectator: https://t.co/RC4wZEDlNA
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The scene is a well-appointed drawing room in Copenhagen in September 1840. A fresh-faced girl in her late teens is playing the piano in an attempt to soothe the troubled spirit of her boyfriend, a...
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In a letter to James I, the Duke of Buckingham declared he was looking forward to having his "legs soon in my arms". Make of that what you will. It's just one of the smorgasbord of revelations in a terrific new biography, which I reviewed for The Guardian. https://t.co/lUk9LxZaGT
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The complicated life and passionate love affairs of Great Britain’s first monarch
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We live in an age of procrastination, caught between the Scylla of the work cult and the Charybdis of the autonomy cult. So argues Simon May in his intriguing new book. But what on earth does he mean? Find out by reading my self-exposing new review here: https://t.co/brc5rKl0ep
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If the test of a good book is how much you find yourself talking about it, this new offering from the philosopher Simon May passes with flying colours. It starts with a mysterious thesis, which I...
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The Mail on Sunday let me drop by a few pubs for a game of darts
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How do you solve a problem like Vladimir? For a piece in The Times, I sat down with Mikhail Khodorkovsky to talk about the future of Russia and why he's supporting a programme of fellowships for Russians at the London Institute ( https://t.co/vlian7En8u).
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there are times when only Travis will do https://t.co/OO664hczrB
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For Ada Lovelace Day on 8 October, the Royal Institution, which we’re proud to call home, has an evening of talks to celebrate the contributions of women in science. These range from the mathematics of fashion to the evolutionary perfection of cats.
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Join us for an exciting night of science cabaret to celebrate the 16th year of Ada Lovelace Day Live.
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“Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body?” Morrissey sang. In a new Nautilus piece, the Morrissey of science writing, Ananyo Bhattacharya, questions which comes first out of physics and mathematics. The answer, increasingly, is physics. https://t.co/16HOzBJohH
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The secret sauce is the real world.
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People who like to say, "A photograph is worth a thousand words"--can I just point out that you've used words to say that.
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Fantastic piece by Theo Zenou about the crackpot philosopher who inspired Marine Le Pen and the French far right https://t.co/AFFEid78iE
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