Penicillin Man
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Even now 20 years after publication “Penicillin Man” hasn’t dated, still sells, still attracts attention & still “exudes a quiet authority” while authorship of 8 books later should make me more than “a one hit wonder”
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Alexander Fleming was born at Lochfield Farm, Darvel on 6 August 1881. When the memorial stone was restored 17 years ago, as Fleming’s biographer & as Curator of the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, I had the honour of unveiling it on 29 May 2008
August 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Alexander Fleming was born at Lochfield Farm, Darvel on 6 August 1881. When the memorial stone was restored 17 years ago, as Fleming’s biographer & as Curator of the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, I had the honour of unveiling it on 29 May 2008
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Gratifying when a museum visitor looked up from his phone while I was presenting to visitors at Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum and said that he’d just ordered “Penicillin Man” inspired by my talk
August 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Gratifying when a museum visitor looked up from his phone while I was presenting to visitors at Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum and said that he’d just ordered “Penicillin Man” inspired by my talk
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Where have the years gone between”Penicillin Man” (2004) & “Titanic: Ship of Lost Illusions” (2025)? In terms of books breadth of subject, depth of research & I hope originality in approach with something new to contribute. More Isaiah Berlin’s Fox than Hedgehog perhaps? Or maybe self-delusion!
April 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Where have the years gone between”Penicillin Man” (2004) & “Titanic: Ship of Lost Illusions” (2025)? In terms of books breadth of subject, depth of research & I hope originality in approach with something new to contribute. More Isaiah Berlin’s Fox than Hedgehog perhaps? Or maybe self-delusion!
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My first and my latest (eighth) books - “Penicillin Man” and “Titanic: Ship of Lost Illusions”, very different in subject matter from each other but great not to be a one trick pony let alone a one hit wonder!
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April 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My first and my latest (eighth) books - “Penicillin Man” and “Titanic: Ship of Lost Illusions”, very different in subject matter from each other but great not to be a one trick pony let alone a one hit wonder!
www.amazon.co.uk/Penicillin-M...
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Titanic-Ship...
www.amazon.co.uk/Penicillin-M...
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Titanic-Ship...
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Honoured to be described as “the man behind the book about the man behind the mould” and mentioned for a cameo appearance in a short video about the Lifeline musical about Alexander Fleming
April 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Honoured to be described as “the man behind the book about the man behind the mould” and mentioned for a cameo appearance in a short video about the Lifeline musical about Alexander Fleming
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It could have been a busman’s holiday while visiting the Fleming Museum at Biomedical Sciences Research Center "Alexander Fleming" at Vari for a family day, but thank you to Director George Skretas & his friends for inviting me to an party with Greek food, traditional music & dancing afterwards
March 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It could have been a busman’s holiday while visiting the Fleming Museum at Biomedical Sciences Research Center "Alexander Fleming" at Vari for a family day, but thank you to Director George Skretas & his friends for inviting me to an party with Greek food, traditional music & dancing afterwards
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Both the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum in the Clarence Wing, St Mary’s Hospital & the BSRC Alexander Fleming, Vari are hidden behind scaffolding yet the views from the Center in Vari are as magnificent as ever, just as I remembered from last time. Back in Paddington but ready to return to Vari
March 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Both the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum in the Clarence Wing, St Mary’s Hospital & the BSRC Alexander Fleming, Vari are hidden behind scaffolding yet the views from the Center in Vari are as magnificent as ever, just as I remembered from last time. Back in Paddington but ready to return to Vari
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‘Curator’s Discussion’ was much appreciated by Beecham retirees visiting Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum for an ‘interesting & informative’ afternoon on all matters penicillin
February 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
‘Curator’s Discussion’ was much appreciated by Beecham retirees visiting Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum for an ‘interesting & informative’ afternoon on all matters penicillin
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Still lecturing on the fight against antibiotic resistance after all these years - throwback to 2018 visit to the then University of Bolton with my keynote lecture followed by observing Biological Sciences student discussion groups & presentations. It was a superb day with great students
February 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Still lecturing on the fight against antibiotic resistance after all these years - throwback to 2018 visit to the then University of Bolton with my keynote lecture followed by observing Biological Sciences student discussion groups & presentations. It was a superb day with great students
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Is it that unusual for a historian to have taught and lectured in universities and at conferences to medical and scientific audiences more than to history, archive or museum groups? Bridging the arts/humanities-sciences gap indeed!
January 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Is it that unusual for a historian to have taught and lectured in universities and at conferences to medical and scientific audiences more than to history, archive or museum groups? Bridging the arts/humanities-sciences gap indeed!
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Great session with engaged and enquiring biochemistry students from Academic de Normandie, Caen, one of the highlights this week in Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum
January 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Great session with engaged and enquiring biochemistry students from Academic de Normandie, Caen, one of the highlights this week in Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum
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It must be surreal to revisit a museum after 20 years only to find the same person there whose presentation made the visit so memorable for you all those years ago and recognise him. But that was exactly what happened to a visitor to Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum today.
January 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It must be surreal to revisit a museum after 20 years only to find the same person there whose presentation made the visit so memorable for you all those years ago and recognise him. But that was exactly what happened to a visitor to Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum today.
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In these days of rampant misinformation about science, it was good to hear a visitor praise the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum and its peers for educating visitors & enthusing the young for the wonders of true science rooted in its history
January 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
In these days of rampant misinformation about science, it was good to hear a visitor praise the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum and its peers for educating visitors & enthusing the young for the wonders of true science rooted in its history
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The Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum is a stage set against which the presenter retells the fascinating story of the extraordinary discovery of penicillin, earning congratulations & audience applause for an engaging & humorous performance 'as an actor'!
January 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum is a stage set against which the presenter retells the fascinating story of the extraordinary discovery of penicillin, earning congratulations & audience applause for an engaging & humorous performance 'as an actor'!
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Visitors to the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum love the tiling, typical of that in many public buildings in the early 1900s when the Clarence Memorial Wing at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, was built
January 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Visitors to the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum love the tiling, typical of that in many public buildings in the early 1900s when the Clarence Memorial Wing at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, was built
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Amalia Fleming, political activist widow of Alexander Fleming, was twice imprisoned, for resistance activities during the German occupation of Athens, & in 1971 for opposition to the Greek junta before being stripped of her Greek citizenship, retold in her perhaps misnamed book “A Piece of Truth”
January 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Amalia Fleming, political activist widow of Alexander Fleming, was twice imprisoned, for resistance activities during the German occupation of Athens, & in 1971 for opposition to the Greek junta before being stripped of her Greek citizenship, retold in her perhaps misnamed book “A Piece of Truth”
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A heavy but very rewarding morning with intelligent engagement from over 50 healthcare & science students from Lycee Ste Croix et St Euverte, Orleans, & their dynamic teachers, who enjoyed the passion of the presentation & the opportunity to visit the birthplace of penicillin
December 11, 2024 at 4:21 PM
A heavy but very rewarding morning with intelligent engagement from over 50 healthcare & science students from Lycee Ste Croix et St Euverte, Orleans, & their dynamic teachers, who enjoyed the passion of the presentation & the opportunity to visit the birthplace of penicillin
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A visitor recommending Fleming Museum: “Fantastic landmark place to visit. I first visited in 1998 as a small child. Now returned to find it exactly as it was then. A must visit for future microbiologist, or anyone with interest in Biology/immunology/vaccines/antibiotics.”
December 11, 2024 at 4:23 PM
A visitor recommending Fleming Museum: “Fantastic landmark place to visit. I first visited in 1998 as a small child. Now returned to find it exactly as it was then. A must visit for future microbiologist, or anyone with interest in Biology/immunology/vaccines/antibiotics.”
“While relatively small, it left a big impression. Opened in 1993 in the exact spot of the original lab & directed by archivist and Fleming biographer, Kevin Brown, the museum brings Fleming's paramount discovery to life.” (Danielle Gaberi, Mayo Clinic Library) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
December 2, 2024 at 7:21 PM
“While relatively small, it left a big impression. Opened in 1993 in the exact spot of the original lab & directed by archivist and Fleming biographer, Kevin Brown, the museum brings Fleming's paramount discovery to life.” (Danielle Gaberi, Mayo Clinic Library) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Inspiration for the young and not so young has been our enthusiastic mission for over 30 years
Very bright schoolboy visiting Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum "found it cool & easy to understand how he made the medicine" & his mother "last visited in 1998 & it is still as exciting now as it was then"
November 27, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Inspiration for the young and not so young has been our enthusiastic mission for over 30 years
Always nice to be name checked in visitor comments: "A very fascinating piece of history. And a wonderful talk by Kevin.”
November 26, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Always nice to be name checked in visitor comments: "A very fascinating piece of history. And a wonderful talk by Kevin.”
Very bright schoolboy visiting Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum "found it cool & easy to understand how he made the medicine" & his mother "last visited in 1998 & it is still as exciting now as it was then"
November 26, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Very bright schoolboy visiting Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum "found it cool & easy to understand how he made the medicine" & his mother "last visited in 1998 & it is still as exciting now as it was then"
We always welcome return visitors - and first timers
"Amazing experience to visit & explore the place where Fleming made medical history. Interesting & stimulating history, it is great it has been preserved so nicely. Knowledgeable, inspirational guide. Would definitely come again." Praise for Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum.
November 20, 2024 at 3:13 PM
We always welcome return visitors - and first timers
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Sometimes I feel as much of an exhibit as everything else in Fleming’s laboratory - or some visitors see me as such
November 18, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Sometimes I feel as much of an exhibit as everything else in Fleming’s laboratory - or some visitors see me as such
"Very informative & inspiring. The tour guide was very cool and shared lots. Really glad we stopped by. Performance ♥️." We do our best to be cool at Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum & put on a good performance.
November 16, 2024 at 12:30 PM
"Very informative & inspiring. The tour guide was very cool and shared lots. Really glad we stopped by. Performance ♥️." We do our best to be cool at Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum & put on a good performance.