Profile: Mike Kendall

Mike Kendall, elected President of the British Geophysical Association in February, explains why we need a strong geophysics organization in the UK.     

Profile: Jim Hinton

Jim Hinton, Professor of Observational Astronomy at the University of Leicester and a 2009 Philip Leverhulme Prizewinner, talks about the high-energy frontier of astronomy.     

Profile: Max Alexander

The exhibition 'Explorers of the Universe' shows portraits of astronomers and images of astronomy in IYA2009. Max Alexander, photographer, and Ian Howarth, astronomer, spoke together about the ideas behind the project and the challenges of realizing them, as well as the steps that led to the pictures.     

Profile: Lucinda Douglas-Menzies

Lucinda Douglas-Menzies is a fine-art photographer. More than 70 of her portraits are owned by the National Portrait Gallery, including 10 from her latest exhibition "Portraits of Astronomers", which will tour the UK during IYA2009. Here she explains why she chose astronomers.     

Profile: Barrie W Jones

Many people know Barrie Jones from the Open University, where he inspired so many aspiring astronomers – but his career has also involved retrieving a gamma-ray telescope from deepest Wales, modelling lunar seismology, and a lectureship in architecture.     

Profile: Prof. Sir Arnold Wolfendale FRS

Born in 1927, Arnold Wolfendale is now Emeritus Professor in the Department of Physics at Durham University. Here he discusses his career, from Stretford Grammar School to particle physics to being appointed 14th Astronomer Royal in 1991 – and beyond.     

Obituary Robert W. Pennak

Obituary

Obituary Robert W. Pennak     

Robert Hutchison 1938–2007

Fellow and Treasurer of the RAS; long-standing radio and optical observer who discovered the gravitational lens; unassuming and efficient organizer for astronomy.