A Life in Science

Interview for Venue Magazine, December 2000 1. A bit of background stuff; where and when born, parents’ occupations. Where d’you live? Any kids? I was born in Sydney, and moved to England in 1989. My father was an engineer who died when I was fourteen....

A Sour Taste in the Mouth

Guardian Weekend – Part of a series of 6 articles on taste and cooking with co-author Peter Barham The combination a sweet and a sour taste provides some of the most piquant dishes in the culinary repertoire. Whether it’s in an oriental sweet and sour dish...

See the Sweetness

Guardian Weekend – Part of a series of 6 articles on taste and cooking with co-author Peter Barham There is a world where sugar is orange, honey is yellow and saccharine is a violent shade of pink. That world is the one inhabited by sufferers of synesthia –...