There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with.
I'm absolutely terrified of spiders.
I grew up reading thrillers, science fiction, fantasy - you name it - and one day I asked myself if there was a reason why a fear of spiders was so common. Was there something buried deep in our evolutionary history that made being scared of spiders a survival instinct?
Most spiders eat and remake their webs every night.
Spiders are always big in the autumn: they’ve had all summer to grow.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
With all due respect to arachnophobes, I love spiders. Some might call me obsessed, but I've been studying spiders and spider silks for many years now and don't see an end in sight. There is simply too much to do.
The very first thing on the docket is to have the opportunity to travel to look at spiders in other parts of the world. I know there are really cool silks out there.
I certainly wasn't the kind of kid that grew up collecting bugs and spiders.
Cheryl and spiders: It kind of just goes together now.
