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Articles

May 2015

Editorial

Enabled bodies

Ted Nield considers diversity in the light of his graduation group photograph.

 

Opinion

Fast track fast one

Fast-tracking publications leads to quick pecuniary gain, but also fraud and plagiarism, says John Buckeridge

 

Society News

Election results, Presidents Day, Subscriptions 2016

Your new President Designate, Council, and Fellowship dues.

 

Chartership news

Bill Gaskarth, Chartership Officer, has news of accredited company training schemes and university courses.

 

Features

Finding our marbles

Gordon Walkden tells the story of a forgotten but exceptional range of ornamental marbles from Devon.

 

Getting out more

Alison Stokes and Christopher Aitchison* present diverse perspectives on accessible geoscience fieldwork

 

Online Special

New Stone for old

Douglas Palmer, on the difficulties of finding suitable stone for restoring historic buildings.

 

Books & Arts

Books and arts

Four new book reviews by Andrew Robinson, Richard Dawe, Steve Rowlatt and Mark Burdett.

 

People

Distant Thunder - Glorious mud!

Nina Morgan waxes lyrical about Liberty Hyde Bailey, who extolled the stuff in verse.

 

Obituaries

Michael John O'Hara 1933-2014

Distinguished petrologist and Professor at Aberystwyth, Cardiff and Edinburgh, responsible for implementing the UGC ‘Oxburgh Review’ of Geology.

 

John Crook 1933-2014

Geologist with Hunting Geology & Geophysics who worked on major mapping projects in Africa and Middle East.