My first impressions of Cardiff after arriving yesterday is that a lot of things have changed. That sadly includes the fact that a number of my favourite places in the city centre have closed. On the other hand, some thing have improved. The Centre for Student Life, for example, is completely new since my days here and is a definite improvement on the previous dingy premises. It also just happens to be where the plenary sessions of the 2023 National Astronomy Meeting are being held:
The first plenary session of the week was opened by the First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, who gave very a nice speech, in which he spoke very knowledgeably of the inspirational nature of astronomy as well as the history of the subject in Wales. It was a very impressive start to the week!
The Vice-chancellor of Cardiff University, Colin Riordan, was also there.
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