Last week the IQ of Cheltenham doubled as the academic elite descended upon the town for its annual Science Festival. So, embracing my inner geek, I headed back to my home town to bask in a night of science indulgence. From the Amateur Transplants (singing the anaesthetists hymn), to the Stand Up Mathematician (dazzling us with numbers) to Simon SinghThe Amateur Transplants (opening our eyes to the subliminal messaging in Bob Dylan’s Stairway to Heaven), it was well worth the visit. And, being sponsored by The Times, it was a great opportunity to meet up with my favourite science journalists – including Mark Henderson, who was there with his adorable new baby and Alok Jha, who ended up in a club called ‘Slags’… but that’s a whole other story…