Guest post by Chiara Mariotti

I first studied music at the Conservatorio di Torino when I was in high school but stopped during my university studies. I returned to music maybe 25 years later, when my kids started to play instruments (they play the trumpet and the saxophone). I felt great joy when I resumed playing and I discovered that I was still able to; my fingers were playing even without my conscious control of them. I soon joined the Thoiry harmony group (L'Echo du Reculet) and then enrolled at the local municipal school to take flute lessons again.

Guest post by Daniele Doronzo. "Daniele is an eighteen-year-old high-school student from Italy, who came to CERN for a two-weeks internship with the CMS team. He recounts his experience below. Those of us who met him were charmed by his enthusiasm." – Gabriella Pugliese, CMS

Guest post by Stephanie Hills. A version of this post will appear in the STFC's UK News from CERN.

Guest post by Charlotte Jones, high-school student from Campion School, UK

Last week, I was lucky enough to spend an amazing week on work experience with Dave Barney of CMS, doing lots of real work including in the underground caverns of the detector!