Simon's Corner

Personal websites are inherently self-indulgent, and the biography section is where self-indulgence reaches a record high. Here you will find a short, formal, boring biography,   as well as a longer, chirpier, more colourful biography,    which reveals how I got interested in science as a child and how I eventually turned to the dark side and became a journalist.

You will also find a brief description of what I do and details of my brilliant literary agent. In due course, you will also find a list of articles that have been written about me, a press pack, including photographs, and a CV.

If there is something in particular that you want to find out about (e.g., Fermat's Last Theorem, my first book), then you should head straight to relevant section of the site.   And even things like 'How I got into TV' and 'How I write'
are in the TV and Books sections respectively.