The Department officially re-opened to key staff on the 22nd of June, almost exactly three months after closing for Covid-19. But there are a few changes....

After 23 years of being a friendly, smiling and resourceful fixture in Reception, Sheila Bateman is retiring on 31 July.

Can you identify staff members from photos of their younger selves?

Quick testing for all staf and their household who develop Covid symptoms.

Team Chemistry scaled Mt Everest, The Gherkin and Great St Mary's Church.

These sanitisable keyboards are keeping staff safe.

Lockdown has ended in France, so is this the last of Mélanie Bay's cakes?

Memories of 2018 (hot) and 2019 (rainy) staff garden parties.

Botanic Garden free entry, Pete Wothers' lectures online, Pilates, cakes and a baby!