May 2008

Editorial

• Pride of place - In a fit of francophily Ted Nield ponders the bounty of provenance and becomes a terroiriste
• It's your history too!  Rick Brassington reminds the Society that the Institution of Geologists was part of its history
  

People

• Carousel; Deaths
• Distant Thunder by Nina Morgan
• Rasen the Dead - a geophysicist in the media spotlight following a UK earthquake

Geonews

• IYPE Global Launch, Paris
  
• Is the Spider a Caldera?  Joe McCall thinks the official interpretation is incorrect

Society at Large

• Would you accredit it?  The Accreditation Panel has produced an information document
• IGCP project call
• Coming to a  Screen near you - a new Society educational resoource is coming your way
• Developing Skills - Chris Thomas, Mike Harget and Matt Whitehead discuss the Environment Agency's approach to skills development

Reviews

• Reviews by Sue Bowler and Gary Robertson
  

Opinion

• Giant's Causeway - science and superstition battle it out on Finn MacCool's big project
  

Feature

• How to make a volcano - Ted Nield on the continuing debate over what caused the eruption of a new mud volcano at Sidoarjo, Indonesia
• Oil sands of Canada.  John Barry of Shell on their massive energy potential

Letters 

Crossword

Sticks & Stones

By DUGZ.