Philip Ball
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Wikidata WikipediaPhilip Ball (born 1962) is a British science writer. For over twenty years he has been an editor of the journal Nature for which he continues to write regularly. He now writes a regular column in Chemistry World. He has contributed to publications ranging from New Scientist to the New York Times, The Guardian, the Financial Times and New Statesman. He is the regular contributor to Prospect magazine, and also a columnist for Chemistry World, Nature Materials and BBC Future. He has broadcast on many occasions on radio and TV, and in June 2004 he presented a three-part serial on nanotechnology, Small Worlds, on BBC Radio 4.
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Philip Ball Pub landlord 1830s-1840s As landlord of the Strugglers Inn, which still stands below the castle walls on Westgate, Ball extended his land by digging out a section of the castle mound. His reckless excavations uncovered the Roman West Gate, which then collapsed, undermining the safety of the walls. He was sent to Lincoln Castle debtors' prison when he refused to pay for the damage.
Lincoln Castle, Lincoln, United Kingdom where they was imprisoned