The interest shown in science, the informed questions that followed the talks, and the queues at the signings afterwards, were indicators of the healthy fact that there is a lively constituency of interest in science, which in this 50th anniversary year of CP Snow's Two Cultures essay is a positive sign.
And why would a constituency of vested interests take any step towards removing the source of their political power?
The selection of councillor Tulip Siddiq as the candidate for this constituency raised an enormous amount of interest in some parts of the world, and certainly among a substantial community in the UK.
It serves many constituencies and interest groups, each of which, in the manner of the parable of the blind men and the elephant, sees its purpose differently.
You could chalk these mistakes up to riling key constituencies or simply to a lack of interest in the wider world or, worse, both.
At present, half of the 60-member legislature is chosen by mostly small constituencies of business and professional interests whose representatives are elected unopposed.
The site combines the social-networking features of Web sites like Facebook with information of interest to its constituency: medical news, career advice, dating resources and travel tips.
Amplive Yet another new item of interest to the Radiohead constituency: "Rainydayz Remixes," by the Oakland, Calif., D.J. and producer Amplive.
The latest crop of companies in reorganization is beholden to a much expanded array of constituencies with interests in the outcome, including banks -- with collateral and without -- bondholders, shareholders, suppliers, partners and vulture capitalists who buy debt from others at distressed prices.
This is often a vital constituency to encourage political action on common themes of interest.
