X Close

UCL Culture Blog

Home

News and musings from the UCL Culture team

Menu

Archive for September, 2014

UCL and Bright Club at the Green Man Festival

By ucwemdo, on 2 September 2014

10 UCL researchers, 2 Public Engagement staff members, one Welsh festival. What could go wrong?

Armed with wet wipes, cereal bars and boxed wine, the ‘fun bus’ set off from UCL one Thursday afternoon, destination: the Green Man festival in Brecon, Wales, to present two performances of Bright Club*in the Omni tent of Einstein’s Garden**. The cheery smiles and getting-to- know-each-other chat faded to an apprehensive (maybe even regretful?) silence as we left the sunny skies of London behind and proceeded to drive into what was essentially a massive rain cloud. Rain drummed, nay pounded, the car and all we could see were dark threatening clouds on all sides. Putting up tents was going to be great fun in this.

Image of the Omni tent at the Green Man festival

The Omni tent where Bright Club was performed

(more…)

Specimen of the Week:Week 151

By Mark Carnall, on 1 September 2014

Scary monkey I’m taking up the mantle this week and I’m a sucker for puns relating to my specimen choice in this opening paragraph. The first time I discovered specimens of this week’s species was on the black sands of the North Island of New Zealand. Thousands of these were washed up along the coast, their bright white remains contrasting highly against the volcanic beach OH LOOK AT THAT I’M A FIELDWORK BORE.

Before I regale you about my gap yahr (spent volunteering in a museum and working various part time jobs) let us move swiftly on to revealing this week’s specimen of the week.

This week’s Specimen of the Week is….

(more…)