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The assembled hacks pack away the canapes before the serious eating begins. |
Dinner awaits — before the locusts descended |
Could the band hear itself playing over the animated chatter? |
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The party was at Tate Modern after all, so some people took the opportunity to check out the art. |
Look no drinks — not allowed in the art show, which may explain the empty rooms. |
Sir Richard Sykes takes time off from running Imperial College to hand out a bunch of cheques. |
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| A night at a round table — eating and listening to an entertaining talk by Sir John Sulston (right) |
Sir John Sulston had to wait for all the eating to end before he had a chance to tells us about the human genome. |
Get your hands off my genome — Sir John Sulston turns lively. |
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| Sir Richard Sykes gets some advice from Peter Wrobel. |
This is getting serious. |
Philip Connolly, ABSW member and a part of the GSK empire, explains how he survived all the mergers. |
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| Emma Dorey (centre) from Nature Biotechnology and Helen Pearson (right) from the Nature News Service compare notes. |
Phil Campbell, editor of Nature (left) and Oliver Morton, freelance superstar and one of last year's winners. |
Helen Sewell of the BBC chatting to someone. |
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| Paul Guinnessy (centre) came all the way from the USA, and Physics Today, for the party. |
Jeremy Leggett (right) explains how to build a solar roof to someone. |
Natasha Loder from The Economist (right) talks to two strange men. |
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| Christine McGourty of the BBC (left), Robin McKie of The Observer and ...? |
Hazel Rymer and Peter Wrobel gossip away. |
Sir Martin Rees and Alun Anderson editor in chief of New Scientist. |
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| Mick Hamer (left) takes lessons in how to drink champagne from Helen Phillips (right) of New Scientist, among others. |
John Maddox (left) and Michael Kenward — a pair of retired editors reminisce about the good old days. |
Tim Morris of GSK (right) talks to two other people. |
