Litmus Paper

Litmus Paper

Litmus Paper is Cheltenham Festival of Science’s daily news and review journal produced by Stet Press.

Established in 2003, Litmus Paper aims to dip into as much as it is scientifically possible to dip into and offer the readers a point of view on all of the exciting and enlightening events taking place at the Festival.

All 21 editions from the 2003 to 2007 Festivals are available below as Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF files.  If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader, then simply click the link of the issue you would like to view and enjoy the read. If you don't then click on the link below.

If you would like to contribute any articles to Litmus Paper then please email us here.

Litmus Paper back issues:

June 2007

Issue 1~Thursday 7

Richard Dawkins, Pamela Ewen, John Warner, John Sutherland, Jane Leese, Steve Jones, etc

Issue 4~Sunday 10

FameLab, Adam Hart-Davis, Piers Bizony, Tom Kirkwood, Marcus de Sautoy, Maggie Aderin, etc

Issue 2~Friday 8

David Cameron, Richard Branson, Robert Winston, Serena Marks, Tom Oliver, Aubrey de Grey, etc
 

Issue 3~Saturday 9

Alice Roberts, Bill Durodie, MegaHal, Kathleen Taylor, Alex James,  Lola Canemero, etc

June 2006

Issue 1~ Thursday 8

James Lovelock, Jim Horne, Vivienne Parry, Christopher Frayling, Lisa Dorn,  etc

Issue 4~Sunday 11

FameLab, Susan Blackmore, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Tim Orchard, Samuel Palmer, Mick Gordon, etc

Issue 2~Friday 9

Raymond Tallis, Mark Lewney, Harry Witchell, Maggie Gee, Hugh MacPherson, Emily Finch, etc
 

Issue 3~Saturday 10

Richard Wiseman, Lisa Burke, John Emsley, David Wootton, John Hunter, Michael Fitzpatrick, etc

June 2005

Issue 1~ Thursday 9

JIm Al-Khalili, Adam Hart Davis, David Puttnam, Gunther von Hagens, Marcus de Sautoy, etc

Issue 4~Sunday 12

Olivia Judson, Mark Lewney, Susan Blackmore, Michael Hanlon, Julian Wigley, Colin Blakemore, etc

Issue 2~Friday 10

Mark Lythgoe, China Mieville, Brian Aldiss, Fiona Fox, Chris French, Mark Miodownik, Rob Grant, etc
 

Issue 3~Saturday 11

Robert Winston, Philip Pullman, Quentin Cooper, Jimmy Doherty, John Brown, Mike Salisbury, etc

June 2004

Issue 1~ Thursday 10

Colin Pillinger, Francis Wheen, Brian Clegg, The Stig, Andrew Graves and Julie Hill.

Issue 4~Sunday13

Mark Kelly, Mark Lythgoe, Robert Winstom, Richard Fortey, Brian Appleyard and Richard Ryder, etc. 

Issue 2~Friday 11           

Jim Al-Khalili, Catherine Blackledge, Armand Leroi, Sue Nelson, and Richard Hollingham, etc.

Issue 3~Saturday 12           

Sian Ede, Marcus Moore, Gill Samuels, Simon Baron-Cohen, Nick Pope, Mark Jacobs, and Rachel Pantechnicon, etc.

June 2003

Issue 1 ~ Wednesday 4

Adam Hart-Davis, Trevor Baylis, Carl Djerassi, Kate Humble, etc.

Issue 4~Saturday 7

Jim Al-Khalili, Jonathan Hare, Science Poetry Slam, Kate Humble, etc. 

Issue 2~Thursday 5           

Roger Highfield, Martin Rees, Christine Finn, Susan Blackmore, etc.

Issue 5~Sunday 8

Richard Wiseman, Adam Hart-Davis, Trevor Baylis, RU a Teenage Health Freak?, etc.

Issue 3~Friday 6           

Paul Nurse, Simon Singh, Heston Blumenthal, Marcus Allen, etc.