'It blows my mind I get to use these facilities'

A painted portrait of Dawn Shaughnessy

Source: © Peter Strain @ Début Art

Element discoverer Dawn Shaughnessy on big science, future generations and Star Wars

I like going to movies. I was at Captain Marvel on opening day, of course! It was awesome. My family is into science fiction and fantasy, so we go and watch Star Wars and Marvel movies, and of course we watch Game of Thrones and all that kind of stuff. April is very busy – there’s both the final season of Game of Thrones and Avengers: Endgame.

Star Wars is more than a passion. I can still remember seeing the first movie in the cinema. I got into it right at the beginning and have been into it ever since. When The Force Awakens came out a few of us at work had a competition to see how many times we could see it. I’ve seen it many times now, at home on Blu-Ray and in the cinema.