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Back in rehearsal rooms this week. 🎭 Earlier this week I went back to OSO ARTS CENTRE | The theatre on Barnes Pond for the first table read with the actors I’ll be directing in… Read More »Directing at OSO – Writers’ Studio Spring 2026
Before Mendeleev, chemists had 60 elements and no theory. Before DVMIB, multimodal ML had hundreds of loss functions and no shared language. A team of Emory physicists just changed that — deriving CLIP, Barlow Twins, and VAEs as special cases of one framework, then using it to build something better. Here’s what it means in practice.
I had the joy of directing What’s Going to Happen to Us? at the OSO Theatre’s 2025 Autumn Writers’ Studio Showcase — a beautifully intimate piece about love, uncertainty and the small moments that change everything. Working with the brilliant Nora Holmen and Alfredo Mudie Smart was a genuine privilege, and together we shaped a story that felt both fragile and fiercely human. Grateful, inspired, and already looking forward to the next chapter.
I’m delighted to share that I’ve been invited to direct Merry Graham’s short new play What’s Going to Happen to Us? for a showcase at the OSO Arts Centre in Barnes on 23 November 2025 under the theme… Read More »What’s Going to Happen to Us – Directing at OSO Theatre
I’m currently a third of the way through Andy Weir’s “Project Hail Mary” and absolutely loving it! 🚀 The way he blends humour with fascinating physics is just brilliant. Plus, I just found out there’s a movie coming! My latest blog post dives into why this book is a must-read. Check it out! 👇 #SciFi #BookRecommendation
There are few moments as satisfying in a writer’s life as the thud of a package on the doorstep—especially when that package contains the culmination of years of work, revision, and relentless debugging. I’m thrilled… Read More »The Book Has Landed – 2nd Edition in Hand!
“We can rebuild him”: Rediscovering Cyborg by Martin Caidin After a Lifetime with The Six Million Dollar Man “Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world’s… Read More »Just Read: Cyborg
Having recently delved into Bob Mortimer’s novels The Satsuma Complex and its sequel The Hotel Avocado, I found myself immersed in a world where the absurd meets the heartfelt, all narrated with Mortimer’s signature wit. 🍊 The Satsuma Complex… Read More »Just Read: Bob Mortimer’s Novels
I’d like to let you know that I’ve officially started work on the 2nd edition of my book “Advanced Data Science and Analytics with Python”! This updated edition will dive deeper into some of the… Read More »“Advanced Data Science and Analytics with Python” – 2nd Ed. Announced
Opening night of The Last Grasp is in the books—and what a night it was! Despite a few gremlins in the lighting and sound (as all live theatre must endure!), the performance was a success, and the… Read More »Opening Night Reflections – The Last Grasp