He was a scientist who thought he could turn lead into gold. He was
an obsessive with a secret Swiss boyfriend. And, in the world of The
Mark Steel Lectures, he likes Alphabetti Spaghetti and the
Communards.
The contradictions of this fascinating character, half-scientist,
half-magician, take us from Newton’s childhood penchant for arson
to the Houses of Parliament via Old Compton Street, discovering on
the way why God can’t draw circles and what Cliff Richard will be
doing in the year 3150.
Mark Steel explores the world and the discoveries of Isaac Newton –
surely one of Britain’s finest scientific alchemical gay
fraud-busting genius MPs.
