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Simon Ingram

A view from Westmorland Cairn on the summit of Great Gable, to Wast Water. This mountain was central to the 'great gift' made by the Fell and Rock Climbing Club to the nation, in memory of the fallen of World War One.

A view from Snowdon to the Llanberis Pass – an ancient trade route that snakes between Pen y Gwyrd and Llanberis, with steep mountains on both sides. Today the pass is one of the most popular and scenic in the National Park.

Published in 1979, The Right Stuff's unconventional narrative techniques were classic of the 'New Journalism' movement Wolfe helped pioneer. The book inspired many future astronauts. One of its subjects, John Glenn, was said to have approved of the book; less so the 1983 film.

These days, there is a fine road that travels the West Highlands towards Fort William. In 1926, not so much.

“I learned a lot. I was humbled, impressed, and sometimes alarmed, but otherwise enhanced and nourished by my interaction with people.“

Richard Dinan and his prototype reactor, February 2020.

"People always think, oh, it’s a weapon, it’s going to blow up. But [nuclear] is just a word. It doesn’t take a lot to explain the difference between fusion and fission.” Richard Dinan (left) of Pulsar Fusion explains some basics.

The argon fusion thruster exposed, and during tests. The purple glow is caused by the presence of argon as a propellant: similar thrusters on test on the USA use xenon, and glow blue.

Construction of the reactor requires components that, according to Dinan (left) are 'not B&Q items.'

Richard and Dinan and James Lambert during “the drudgery of experimental physics.“ August 2019.