Peter Varey (left) launched his Life on the Edge: Peter Danckwerts GC, MBE, FRS, Brave, Shy, Brilliant at Heffers in Cambridge on 11 June. The book is now available from Amazon. Among the many illustrious guests were Sir Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz (Vice-Chancellor), John Davidson (ex-Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering), Sir David Harrison (on the staff in Peter Danckwerts's dept) , the current Shell Professor (and Pro-Vice-Chancellor) Lynn Gladden and Ian Fleming Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Emeritus Fellow of Pembroke College.