Heading out from LA I decided to do the drive ‘without having a place to stay thing’. I had an indifferent Thai green curry in Ventura and then…

Finally in LA I went up for lunch at the Getty Museum. Having worked at Wellcome Trust for many years it was really interesting to compare notes with…

As part of my Churchillania quest I cycled up from Venice to the Annenburg Community Beach House a jolly space beyond the Santa Monica Pier. It includes the…

Found my way onto the Disney Studios lot to visit Alice Taylor who runs StudioLAB there. Obviously I can’t say much about what I saw but as their…

So my first Salon of the trip was generously hosted by the Hammer Museum, a sparkling space off Wilshire Boulevard. It’s connected to UCLA and has a strong…

My first Churchill salon was in LA on the Wednesday evening so I set off up the freeway to get there in good time. I lasted a little…

I also caught up with Ayse Saygin who works on social robotics and told me all about the weird flowers currently blooming in the ravine where she lives….

My aunt told me about an evening of avant garde improvisation featuring jazz and classical musicians engaging with a series of AIs. Given the purpose of my journey…

Although I was just passing through San Diego I pulled up an old introduction from my goto maven Sarah Caddick and called up neuroscientist John Reynolds. As my…

Waiting for dawn in San Diego. Landed last night and now feeling that funny slight dizziness when the input from your eyes to your body clock is a…