Tag Archives: Piltdown
Sir Arthur Keith, Or: The Skull – Whodunnit?
A guest post from Lindsay James Keith, in which he defends his great uncle against charges of having perpetrated one of science’s most infamous frauds… Continue reading
Maps, Meteorites, Mary Anning and the Missing Link
Museum Lates have become a familiar feature in London – everyone from the Science Museum to the Tate Modern are opening up for evening visitors. Two weeks ago, we participated in our first Courtyard Lates event – the second of a three part series of evening events at Burlington House. Visitors stopped by for a … Continue reading
A tale of three meetings
The Geological Society’s meeting room has changed a lot in the last century. Until a refurb in the seventies, it looked very much how it had done for most of its life – raked rows of benches standing opposite each other, an impressive throne (which now sits forlornly in a corner outside my office) at … Continue reading
