I had a great time on Saturday, signing books at the Science Museum bookshop. The staff were very friendly (thanks particularly to Shanaz) and the sweets (space rock, of course) were excellent.

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If you’re in London I’d highly recommend nipping down to the Science Museum for those last minute presents. There’s the bookshop where I was (which now has lots of signed copies of Light Years, Global Warming Survival Kit and A Brief History of Infinity) with a vast array of superb science book presents, and there’s the gift shop which again has great ideas.

I was given a surprise Christmas present from there by my agent: a global warming mug. As the drink heats it up, the coastlines gradually disappear. Magic.

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What’s more it’s warm, fun and much quieter than Oxford Street. Run, don’t walk, to the Science Museum.