Anne Borrowdale - Writer, Speaker, Personal Coach

Useful/Entertaining Links

Rats in the slush pile

Link: http://www.kingsfieldpublications.co.uk/rats.html

'On the survival of rats in the slush pile', a fascinating essay by Michael Allen on the world of publishing. Essential reading for would-be-published writers

Not Perfect

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDGuPp1np4o

A great song from Aussie musician/comedian Tim Minchin

Bad Science

Link: http://www.badscience.net

Ben Goldacre's weekly Bad Science column from the Guardian, and much more.

The earth, to scale

Link: http://http://badscience.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6342

An impressive graphic. Take 2 mins to reflect on our place in the universe

Smaller and smaller

Link: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

Going in the other direction from "The earth, to scale" this neat graphic shows scale at the microscopic level and beyond - just move the slider below it.

Celestial smile

Link: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Just a great photo

Health scares and miracle cures

Link: http://www.nhs.uk/News/Pages/NewsIndex.aspx

Find out if there's any truth in that latest news story about a danger to our health, or a miracle cure for cancer. An invaluable service from the NHS.