When Donna Strickland was woken at 5am by a call from the Nobel Prize committee, her first thought was that she was being prank-called. A woman had not been awarded the coveted prize for physics […]
The inspiring and very true story written by a colleague of mine, Peter Apps, a columnist for Reuters. I first met him at a talk he gave on the Future of War at Chatham House and he was by far the […]
Colin Kaepernick, an NFL player already well-known amongst fans of American football, became famous and infamous simultaneously, depending on who you speak to, for his ‘take a knee’ protest that incensed US President Donald Trump. […]
Last night, I had the pleasure of standing up and giving an impromptu speech at Hub Dot’s ‘Say Hello to Summer’ event at the Lyric theatre in Hammersmith. It was unplanned and I kicked it […]
Shortly before the 2016 Brexit Referendum, Labour party MP, Jo Cox, was murdered by a far-right extremist. The events of that day horrified the nation as the dedicated wife, mother and politician, who had campaigned […]
Irrespective of whether you are a monarchist or not, the Queen’s New Years (and Birthday) Honours list makes for interesting reading. Honours have been awarded since at least 1890 and published in the London Gazette […]
‘For each certified genius, there are at least a hundred great people who helped achieve such outstanding results’. Cathy O’Neil, Bloomberg View In her article, ‘A Mathematician’s Secret: We’re not all geniuses’, Cathy O’Neil talks […]
This weekend I was at a school in Ham, South West London, to take my son Oscar to a chess tournament. When I got there, I saw this quote written on the dining room wall […]
As I was looking at the Atlantic’s newsfeed last night in bed, I suddenly burst out laughing. They had published something from BuzzFeed about the resignation of Trump’s Communications Director, Mike Dubke, which was formally […]
Martin Schulz, 61, has taken over leadership of the Social Democratic party (SDP), in Germany. Schulz may pose a challenge to Merkel, who Stefan Wagstyl of the FT describes as: ‘Europe’s hitherto unassailable anchor and […]
