Just in case you hadn’t spotted this (among other naturejob listings), Nature Chemical Biology is looking for a locum (temporary) editor. All the details are here – the most important one, perhaps, being the deadline of March 17th. The only down side is that you’d have to put up with my dumb jokes all day long…

Catherine (associate editor, Nature Chemical Biology)

Sort of.

The latest addition to my living room sports the august address of the Royal Society. This one-of-a-kind coffee table is made from a genuine Westminster street sign, legitimately obtained from the council. Or so the artist at Cockney Designs assured me, as I handed over my cash.

As well as the Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace is also home to the Royal College of Pathologists, the Crown Estate office and, in the basement, the ICA. Previous residents include William Gladstone, Lord Palmerston and, erm, Joachim von Ribbentrop. The row also contains the grave of Giro, the Nazi Alsatian.

At this point, you will either be extremely jealous of my new table, or thinking, ‘my god, what a nerd’. If you are interested in bagging your own, a handful of signs are left, although none of them have any sciency connections I’m aware of.