
Mathematician Christina Pagel on the challenge of communication in a pandemic
Christina Pagel is a mathematician and Professor of Operational Research at University College, London. The first female director of the Clinical Operational Research Unit at UCL and an honorary researcher at Great Ormond Street Hospital, she has been one of the most prominent scientists in the media during the pandemic. At the start of the
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Comedian Robin Ince on the power of curiosity, wonder and doubt
Robin Ince is a comedian, author, broadcaster and, in his words, “professional idiot”. He’s the co-creator and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 show The Infinite Monkey Cage, which has won multiple awards and the author of I’m a Joke and So Are You. He won Celebrity Mastermind, is in the Guinness Book Records for
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Rachel Clarke, doctor and bestselling writer on truth, beauty – and humour.
Rachel Clarke is a doctor, campaigner and bestselling writer. She started off as a TV journalist, making documentaries about subjects ranging from the Monica Lewinsky scandal to the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She retrained as a doctor in her late twenties and is now a palliative care doctor and a passionate
Read MoreTamara Rojo, Artistic Director of the English National Ballet on the arts and ambition
Tamara Rojo knows all about hard work. She has been dancing since she was five. She has won almost every award going for her work, including a CBE. She has spent seven years reconfiguring English National Ballet and had just moved it to a new state-of-the-art venue when the pandemic struck. But she’s not giving
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