Was supposed to be teaching at 1 but that's been postponed a week so fortunately I'd made of a note of something I was interested in but had figured I couldn't get to - a lecture on the 'dynamics of spin'. So I pitched up at that instead and was glad I could as it was rather fascinating. A mathematician who had a gift for communicating (and some great toys!).

The head of the math department was there so he took the opportunity of telling me about a talk he was giving to prospective students in the afternoon on the beauty of fractals. As it happened my diary was free... my mind curious... Also very interesting (plus a brown paper bag lunch to go with it!).