"Both pictures and stories are grisly but impressive." Financial Times
"This is a riveting read." thelondonpaper
An engaging mixture of historical anecdotes, and up-to-date scientific thinking, Richard's latest book, Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery, turns scientific complexities into a colourful narrative history of the macabre world of surgery.
This is a chronicle of stolen corpses, medical fraud, lobotomised patients…and every now and then courageous medical advances which have saved the lives of millions around the world.
Read an extract in the Times or The Mail on Sunday.
We write for the BBC, newspapers, magazines and journals. Our clients include the British Antarctic Survey, British National Space Centre (BNSC), Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) and the Wellcome Trust.
Projects include researching, writing and editing Space:UK and rewriting content for BNSC's website. We have also written a new leaflet series for the British Antarctic Survey and Surrey Space News (link opens as pdf) for SSTL.
You can read Sue's blog for the BBC from the 2008 British Association science festival here.
Richard and Sue are the authors of the popular science book How to Clone the Perfect Blonde.
Longlisted for the Aventis Science Book Prize as one of the top fifteen science books of 2004. It was also book of the month in the US Popular Science Magazine - read the review.
“Short, lively entries tell you all you need to know about cyber monkeys, cosmic whirlpools, monster mice and, vitally, how to lose your love handles. This book will give you much to blather about in the pub.” The Times