Helen Arney – Page 14 – Comedian. Writer. Presenter. Geek Songstress

Stargazing Live – Mersenne 48 for More or Less – IT Crowd Manual

Next week I’m hosting three big shows for BBC Live Events, in Portsmouth, Norwich and Royal Holloway. They complement the Stargazing Live BBC TV series from 6th to 8th January – if you’re in those areas take a look at the dates and how to get tickets here. I also wrote them a song, click on the image to the left for some sing-along astronomy.

Another new song for the BBC was on Radio 4 yesterday, in More Or Less, for their “Numbers of the Year” programme. If you’ve always wanted to receive the world’s biggest prime number for Christmas (who doesn’t?) you can download it for free here, or listen to the whole programme here.

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You Have Been Warned – series 2 starts tonight on Discovery UK!

in Uncategorized on 11/18/13

Sorry for short notice, but I’ve just found out I’m back on your small screens tonight, with You Have Been Warned, the world’s greatest user-generated pop science show. I’m explaining the science behind some of the silliest videos on the internet, along with Matt Parker of Festival of the Spoken Nerd and others. Series 2 start at 8pm tonight and carries on for the next 12 weeks – do tune in! If you’re not in the UK, look out for local listings across Europe and the rest of the world, though if you’re in the US or Canada you’ll probably have to wait until next year to watch it under the title “Outrageous Acts of Science”.

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Rollercoasters for BBC Two, and “Physics – you’ve got to laugh…”

in Uncategorized on 10/21/13

Quick news update for Monday morning… the article I wrote for Financial Times Magazine is online now (with no paywall!) which means that you too can discover how to poke at science with a funny-stick, rather than just a serious one.

It was fun to write and I’ve had a lot of nice comments about it so far, I hope I get a chance to write more bits and pieces like this next year.

In between that, Ada Lovelace Day, and getting our new Festival of the Spoken Nerd tour on sale (Full Frontal Nerdity guaranteed – details for gigs in London and all over the UK are here) I’ve also been filming my first item for the … Read the rest