Had they still been around, I’m sure that, as keen cricket fans, Leeds based scientists William Astbury & Florence Bell would have taken a break from work on the DNA structure & wool to be at Headingley yesterday for England’s stunning victory in the Test Match against India.
Having written a book that, thanks to Astbury & Bell’s work on DNA, contains both science – and cricket thanks to the legendary 1981 Headingley Ashes, I was delighted that I could be there myself yesterday – right over the road from Astbury’s former home on Kirkstall Lane.
And a MASSIVE thanks must also go to Butlers and Boundary Hotel on Cardigan Road, Headingley Leeds who helped save the day (along with England’s batting!) by kindly providing secure laptop storage for those of us who had come along hoping to sneak in some work during breaks for lunch and tea!