A shy and reserved person: Adelaide, 1886-1908
Concatenation of fortunate circumstances: Cambridge, 1909-14
Our show is going famously: World War One
A system of simple and elegant architecture: Manchester, 1919-30
Plus-plus chemistry: Manchester, 1931-7
Supreme position in British physics: The National Physical Laboratory and Cambridge, 1937-9
He will have to be Sir Lawrence: World War Two
A message in code which we cannot yet decipher: Cambridge, 1945-53
The art of popular lecturing on scientific subjects: The Royal Institution, 1954-66
A very difficult affair indeed: retirement, 1966-71.