Tag: Harry Potter

10th July 2013 San Francisco, USA

Invisibility Cloaks: No Longer Exclusive to the Wizarding World

I know what you’re thinking – this is a blog for the Science and Innovation Network. What’s next, a post on fire-breathing dragons? But in fact, over the course of the past decade the concept of invisibility cloaks has turned from fiction to science. Much to the dismay of Harry Potter fans across the globe, however, […]

4th July 2013

by Paul Madden

British Ambassador to Japan

This post was published when the author was in a previous role

Arts and crafts

London’s Royal Academy will host the largest exhibition of Australian art ever to leave this country from 21 September to 8 December. It includes many of Australia’s finest historic and current works from the leading public institutions. I attended the media launch at the National Gallery in Canberra last week, and gave an interview to […]