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I have always thought that there should be "science critics", but it is hard to see how such an animal might slot into a newspaper. The nearest writers who might come to it are people like Simon Jenkins, who seems to hate science and everything that happens under its name, but whose ignorance does not prevent them from writing about it, or George Monbiot, who, albeit with more knowledge, is similarly hobbled by his partisan line. There are other columnists who dabble in science, in much the same way that Ben Goldacre is a columnist rather than a journalist, but they rarely venture into science. _______________________________ Michael Kenward OBE Have words will travel From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wendy Barnaby Sent: 07 September 2010 11:18 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [PSCI-COM] Sci com's Billington At the last meeting of the editorial committee of "People & Science", we tried to think of someone who has the same relationship to science communication as Malcolm Billington (Guardian theatre critic) has to the theatre. Any ideas? I'd discount Ben Goldacre as being too much a one-drum critic. We were trying to think of someone who knows the scene, doesn't actually do it, but engages with it and criticises and praises as s/he thinks fit. Someone at the table suggested that, until a field can name that sort of person, it hasn't really come of age. Wendy Barnaby ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk 6. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] **********************************************************************