Writer’s Block
A few people have asked why I’ve had the sheer effrontery to take a week off and come to Cardiff. Well, it may surprise you to learn that even Heads of School have a holiday entitlement, and in the 18 months I’ve been in that position I’ve only managed to take a small fraction of mine!
But the real reason for this break is that I need some time without disturbance to finish off the long-awaited Second Edition of Cosmology: A Very Short Introduction. Dorothy made me a subtle sign for my office door, but it has proved largely ineffective at preventing distractions. So here I am, back in the Cardiff residence, blocking out as much as I can to get on with some writing.
I hope this clarifies the situation.
In the Dark 
September 1, 2014 at 3:19 pm
“Anyway, I have it on very good authority that Planck’s analysis of the Galactic foregrounds in the BICEP2 region will be published (on the arXiv) on or around September 1st 2014. “?
September 2, 2014 at 8:17 pm
It just proves that you shouldn’t believe everything you read in blogs!
September 6, 2014 at 9:16 pm
I hope you got a lot written. For those of us who are not astro specialists, was any BICEP news flexed in the last few days?