The BUBBLE exhibition is an exploration of the physics of foam and bubbles; it’s very hands on and has had over 50,000 visitors to date. BUBBLE was developed in collaboration with Professor Denis Weaire and Dr Stefan Hutzler, of the Foams and the  Complex Systems Group at TCD’s School of Physics.  Michael John Gorman, Director [...]

For many of us, airports are a necessary (evil) conduit to our destination; for Alain de Botton, renowned author of  The Art of Travel and Essays in Love they’re the “imaginative centres of our civilisation”. For one week last month, de Botton took on the unprecedented role of Heathrow’s writer-in-residence. His book, based on life [...]