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Why This Mechanics Book Still Matters
Why This Mechanics Book Still Matters (and why you should read the full review)
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Directing at OSO – Writers’ Studio Spring 2026
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 two short plays for the Spring Writers’ Studio Showcase later this month. This will be my third Writers’ Studio in a row as a director, and it’s always a real pleasure to be invited back. One of the aspects…
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From Tokens to Transformers
Rethinking NLP in the Second Edition of Advanced Data Science and Analytics with Python When I first wrote Advanced Data Science and Analytics with Python, natural language processing (NLP) occupied a niche corner of the data science landscape. Back then, much of the focus in Python revolved around parsing and vectorising text: extracting tokens, counting frequencies, maybe applying a topic model or two. Fast forward a few years, and NLP has become one of the…
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Directing What’s Going to Happen to Us? – OSO Theatre 2025 Autumn Writers’ Studio Showcase
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 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.
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What’s Going to Happen to Us – Directing at OSO Theatre
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 of Anticipation. At first glance, the play is set simply: a hospital room, a man in a dressing gown, and his wife who has just arrived. Yet within that modest setting unfolds a story of extraordinary tenderness and truth.…
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Now Reading: Project Hail Mary
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
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Just Read: Cyborg
“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 first bionic man.” If you were a kid growing up in the 70s or 80s, those words likely echo in your memory, accompanied by the whirring sound of a slow-motion jump, the intense zoom of a bionic eye, and…