Rarely found without a smile on his face, Michael is a comedian, educator, and surprisingly energetic person.

Comedy

Stand-up and Improv

Michael has years of experience with performing both stand-up and improvised comedy. He was a member of the Cambridge Impronauts, and is a member of the Science Showoff Talent Factory.

Escape the Lab

Physics Themed Escape Room

Michael has created a Physics-themed Escape Room which has been attempted (and often completed!) by teams at both the Cambridge Science Festival and the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity.

Blog

Michael's writings on a variety of subjects

Choosing your own world record

One thing that caught my attention at Wimbledon a while ago was John Isner[1]Who you might remember from the world’s longest tennis professional tennis match back in 2010 breaking the record for number of aces Read more…

Seeing clearly

Recently, my glasses were knocked off my face, and when I put them back on, I could immediately tell that something was wrong. Somehow they’d bent so that they no longer sat comfortably on my Read more…

Playing for keeps

I wasn’t a particularly rebellious kid. In fact, my teenage rebellion mostly consisted of responding to lots of my Mum’s questions with a grunted “I’unno”[1]Saying “I don’t know” was clearly too much effort for me Read more…