Philippa Demonte

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Former UK-international music marketeer turned geoscientist (geophysics; volcanology; geyser monitoring), acoustician (enviro-acoustics; psychoacoustics; audio engineering), and linguist. Into aviation and F1.

Head and shoulder image of a smiling, dark-haired woman sat in a coach seat. There is a sear belt across one shoulder, and sun glasses atop her head.
Poster outside the Johan Cruijf Arena in Amsterdam. It shows a red and white football shoe standing on a sparkly silver football and the words: Ajax all the time, disco occasionally
Film poster in blue and white showing Billie Eilish. In orange text: Hit Me Hard and Soft - the tour live in 3D. In the foreground: someone wearing red-framed 3D glasses
Lady in a neon high-viz jacket standing to the side of a stationary small, white, single engine electric-powered aircraft. In the background is a blue sky with a few whisps of cloud
Inside The Forum Norwich. Glass, domed roof over a banner for Norwich Science Festival. In the foreground is a static bicycle to power some fairy lights wrapped around a small tree.
Very thin wires with lights circling two dark, spherical objects on a white table: atomisers that will look like a model geyser and a model volcano
Christmas cracker joke: What do you call a bunch of chess players bragging about their game in a hotel lobby? Chess nuts boasting in an open foyer.
Night scene in London showing the distintinctive dome and spikes of the the O2 Arena (formerly the Millenium Dome) and a lit-up cable car. In the background are the lit up offices of Canary Wharf. In the foreground are the reflections on the water of colourful lights
Dates and names of gig listings, including Tom McRae's, displayed outside of venue Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam
Elevate(her) posters. One features 3 women: an engineer holding a spanner, a flight captain with 4 stripes on her jacket cuffs, and an air traffic controller wearing a microphone headset. The other poster shows a group of women from behind facing white clouds against a blue sky
To the left: a bust of Florence Trevelyan on a brick plinth. To the right in the background: one of the buildings designed by Florence made of local rocks, bricks, and wood. She called these buildings 'beehives'. Surrounding the bust and the buildings are trees and plants in these public gardens in Taormina, Sicily
Public gardens in Taormina, Sicily. In the foreground a stripy red and grey pathway. To the sides: potted red flowers and green shrubbery with pink flowers. In the background: a rocky mount with a church or fort on top. Above there are blue skies.
Silhouette of Etna volcano in the background. Apartment rooftops in the foreground
Hiking boots covered in volcanic ash. They were clean before hiking up Gran Cratere della Fossa
Head and shoulder image of a dark-haired woman waiving a Norwegian flag, which is red with a blue and white cross. Celebrating Norway's Constitution Day.
Panoramic view from inside Goyang Stadium in Seoul. To the centre is the main stage and runway where Coldplay, (K-pop girl band) Twice, and Elyanna will be performing. In the foreground are the seats high up in the stands
Panoramic image from inside Goyang Stadium in Seoul. To the left is the stage where Coldplay will be performing. Overhead are hung stacks of loudspeakers. In the middle of shot are the seats and standing floor for the audience. The sun is shining.
Tall bronze statue of a human behind stood in front of a walkway to a metallic dome
A white bowl filled wit liquid, noodles, red chilli paste, sesame seeds and thin, green batons of young radish.
A black leather-type massage chair with leg grips
Coldplay and actor Michael J Fox on a stage at Glastonbury music festival. Michael's in the middle sat in a wheelchair playing electric guitar. To the left are Johnny and Will playing electric guitar and drums; to the right are Chris singing and Guy playing electric bass
A poster with the words 'Tom McRae' in big, bold letters. To the right - a black and white profile image lit from above of a man with a floppy, blonde fringe. Underneath - text with details of tour dates and venues around Northern Europe in November and December 2025
A crispy bun with laminations, a filing of velvety-smooth mocha cream, and a single coffee bean on top.
A bun with a laminated, almost croissant texture. An orangey-looking creme horizontally across the middle. A dusting of white icing sugar on top
Poster showing Marta Minujin's fabulous 80th birthday celebrations. She has platinum blond bobbed hair, and is wearing sunglasses and a floaty pink dress. She is surrounded by young people. Some have her colourful artwork painted on their faces
The side of a car park covered with plant foliage. A big zig zag runs diagonally across
A sweet bun with folds and laminations. On top is a dusting of icing sugar.
Cover of a DVD case showing Bruce Springsteen with an acoustic guitar. He is standing next to a road under a half cloudy, half bright light sky. The cover displays the title 'Western Stars, and five stars awarded by two reviewers.
Four family members sat on a sofa
A small fir tree covered in a multitude of sparkly Christmas decorations, including baubles, stars, bells, and so on
Blackbird vocals, which we accessed via our mobile phones at www.erlandcooper.com/birds for audience participation during a concert with Erland Cooper and a string quartet
Props from Northern Ballet's production of Charles Dicken's Christmas Carol: a scary skeleton mask, a pair of block ballet shoes, a wooden crutch, and some chains.
Three Danish baked delicacies on a napkin. In the top left: a glazed and laminated knobbly-looking cardammon croissant. In the top right, a black sesame cookie, which looks a little like a hockey puck. In the lower half of the image is a spandauer, which is a kind of cup-shaped laminated pastry filled with custard, and dusted with white icing sugar.
Singer-songwtiter Tom McRae on a stage. He is tuning a guitar whilst talking into a microphone.
A display with mannequins reclined in different race car seating positions and wearing different Formula 1 racing outfits to show the development of fabrics across the sports history. The mannequins are suspended above the starting grid of a race track.
Dance music duo Underworld performing at Aviva Studios Manchester. Music engineering wizard Rick is behind a circle of monitor screens, whilst vocalist Karl dances in front. Beams of green lights shine upwards from behind them.