Writer and broadcaster
Great to be in Edinburgh for the 2026 Edinburgh Science Festival. Gave a talk on my book: A Crack in Everything: How black holes came in from the cold and took cosmic centre stage . Lots of new stuff since I last spoke such as the observational proof of Stephen Hawking s 1971 Black Hole Area Conjecture [ ]
Despite pesky train cancellations, I made it to the De Vere Cranagh Estate Hotel in Cheshire for a New Scientist Mysteries of the Universe weekend. It was hosted by the brilliant Dr Stuart Clark. Check out his excellent books. By the time I arrived, the participants had already been on a tour of the University [ ]
Probably one of the best events I have ever done. Cheltenham is one of my favourite towns so it was great to be there for the Cheltenham Science Festival. Even more brilliant to be talking in the 122-year-old marble-pillared town hall, one of those pinch-yourself venues. It was great to have such a big audience [ ]
It was an honour to be in the Fred Hoyle lecture theatre at the Institute of Astronomy talking about black holes. Thanks to Cambridge Astronomical Association cambridgeastronomicalassociation.com for inviting me. Afterwards, I signed a copy of A Crack in Everything for a very keen 10-year-old boy. I told him that, when I was 12, my [ ]
It was a lovely sunny Spring day in Oxford. I gave a talk at the Oxford Literary Festival about my black hole book, A CRACK IN EVERYTHING. Very engaged audience. Question I really liked: But what does it MEAN for time to be warped? (See below, where I have attempted an answer) [ ]
London s Science Museum: more fun than you might think. Everything from a Silent Disco to a talk about how black holes have came in from the cold (by me!). Thousands of people turned up for the March Lates and it was hopping. There was a real buzz in the after-hours Science Museum! [ ]
Very happy to get this very nice book review in The New York Times two days before the US publication of A Crack in Everything!
Great to be in Brighton! Unfortunately, Chris Lintott from the BBC s Sky At Night had to drop out of the In Conversation event at the last minute. I spent 30 minutes telling the audience hopefully interesting things about black holes and my book, A CRACK IN EVERYTHING. Then brummie Kevin Howells, the genius behind Brighthink, [ ]
It s always an incredible privilege to talk at London s Royal Institution. I mean 10 chemical elements were discovered there, 14 Nobel prizes were earned and our electrical world was invented by Michael Faraday! It was fab to see so many people who had come out on a rainy evening to hear me talk about black [ ]
Spent 24 hours this weekend living it up in the Cheshire countryside! I was there for the New Scientist Mysteries of the Universe weekend. I gave a talk to an audience of about 80 about my book, A Crack In Everything: How black holes came in from the cold and took cosmic centre stage. The [ ]