1) The traditional arab feast - sheep's
eyes
In traditional Saudi dress (a gift from a prominent Jeddah
businessman) Brian J Ford removes the eye from a sheep's head, a
gesture of politeness to one's host. 'It tastes, well, like
lamb,' was Brian's verdict.
2) Traditional lunch on a stilt house in
Thailand
Whilst lecturing at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok,
Thailand, Brian J Ford experienced life in the stilt river home
where family of the Dean of Science still lived, in a traditional
village near the old capital Si Ayutthaya.
3) Writing at the coast in South Wales
Swanbridge, South Glamorgam, provided a secluded retreat for
summer breaks and for intensive writing sessions. Brian J Ford,
working here on Cult of the Expert, frequently used these
peaceful surroundings as a stimulus to 'clear thought and
uninterrupted endeavour' .
4) Experiments on the Dawn of Microscopy
With the help of technicians at Utrecht University, who worked
from his sketched designs, Brian J Ford assembled a purpose-built
stand to take photographs through Leeuwenhoek's
seventeenth-century microscope.