I should introduce this one by pointing out that, a couple of years ago, having read an excellent article of Prof. Jardine’s about a piece of science history that interested me, I contacted her to ask if she would be interested in working with me on something related. She might not have received my email, but I certainly didn’t receive any acknowledgement of my message from her.

If Black Triangle’s transcript of an edition of Newsnight Review is accurate, it seems I had a lucky escape. Can you imagine what it would be like to be recorded forever in print as having been one of her, er, collaborators?