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GAGE / STANFORD: two famous brain injury survivors
My new essay 'Injury and inhibition', published today on Aeon.co discusses the life and legacy of Phineas Gage, who survived a brain injury in 1848 and went on to become one of the most frequently-cited neuropsychology case studies of all time.
Jun 237 min read


DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM: on drawing black holes
When I started researching my recent BBC essay, one question in the back of my mind was, how am I going to draw a black hole? There...
Jul 11, 20243 min read


ROCKS THAT LOOK LIKE MEAT: on Muscular Christianity
During the 1980s, when I was something less than ten years old, my brother and I auditioned for roles in a stage adaptation of Rudyard...
Aug 29, 20237 min read


HOME-MADE PLUTONIUM: a reconstructed reconstruction
Last week, after literally months of research and development, my graphic essay ‘The Blue Flash’ was published by BBC Future. Sitting...
Jul 26, 20234 min read
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