Alan James

Jan 5, 2025 | ukmagsoc.org | Alan James |Carl Slater

Updated 19.03.25Linear and Rotating Machines event returns in 2025Following last year’s successful LARM2024, the UK Magnetics Society is running a very similar event this year, only bigger. Nearly 100 specialists in electrical machine design and manufacturing gathered in the AMRC, Sheffield, UK, for two days in June 2024.

Nov 30, 2024 | houzz.com.au | Alan James

Choosing between a gas and electric freestanding cookers often comes down to your cooking style and preferences. Gas cookers offer instant heat control, making them ideal for tasks like simmering sauces or searing meats. On the other hand, electric cookers provide even heat distribution, which is great for baking or slow cooking. While gas models tend to be more affordable to run in areas with low gas prices, electric cookers may be easier to clean and maintain.

Oct 23, 2024 | kcl.ac.uk | Alan James

Speaker: George Hodgkinson, independent researcherThroughout history, man has been performing rituals at the launch of a new ship to seek supernatural or divine protection for his ship and those who will sail in her. The form of the ritual varies according to local custom and religion: from the breaking of a coconut, to the release of doves, to the role of astrologers in choosing an auspicious day for the launch. But the sentiment that lies behind all launching ceremonies is fear.

Oct 21, 2024 | ukclimbing.com | Alan James

Reviewed by John McKenna - Rockfax Having previously tested the mid-height version of the Drom Tech, and got on well with them, I was excited to try out the lower-cuff approach shoe. The Mid version is ideal for trekking, hillwalking and easy scrambling and balances durability with comfort and technical ability. The approach shoe offers much the same, but thanks to being a bit lighter I've used it more as an actual approach shoe for climbing in the UK, as well as the odd hillwalk.

Oct 9, 2024 | kcl.ac.uk | Alan James

Featuring: Nick Hewitt, National Museum of the Royal Navy‘It may seem to some people that it was all easy and plain sailing. Nothing could be more wrong. It was excellent planning and execution’. So wrote Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay on 30 July 1944. His words were prophetic: the efforts of sailors off Normandy have over time become compressed into a single day of tension and weeks of uneventful freight hauling.