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Niall Ferguson to be Reith Lecturer in 2012
It is one of the most distinguished of public lectures which has been running for over 60 years and in 2012 Professor Niall Ferguson has been chosen to deliver the BBC’s Reith Lectures. He joins an impressive list of philosophers, … Continue reading
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Will.i.am is the guest speaker at the Royal College of Art’s Innovation Night
At last year’s event, Burberry’s Christopher Bailey became the first fashion designer to give the Annual Innovation Lecture. When asked who he would recommend as the guest speaker for 2012, he surprised everyone by putting forward Will.i.am, frontman for the … Continue reading
The power of the press is no more
Every columnist and commentator has had their say about the supposed steely grip that the Murdoch clan, as owners of a newspaper empire, has held over British governments past and present. But, as Rory Cellan-Jones points out, it’s no longer … Continue reading
Borscht & Bread
Even when he’s back home from his travels (he’s just rowed across the Atlantic), it seems adventurer Alastair Humphreys can’t keep still. When we met today at the Samovar Cafe in Queensway Market, it was as part of Alastair’s ongoing AtoZ … Continue reading
Moscow rules
In Moscow for a couple of days. It has been snowing, unseasonably, grid-locking the traffic and turning the pavements into ice rinks. This is not a city designed for pedestrians. Nonetheless I have managed to cram in some great meetings. … Continue reading
David Hockney’s landscapes
Yesterday some of the Chartwell team visited ‘The Bigger Picture’ – David Hockney’s exhibition of landscapes at the Royal Academy. The accent is on the rush of spring, marked by bright greens and the creamy and transient hawthorn blossom which … Continue reading
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The Niggle
Something was bothering me last week – one of those annoying niggles that lurks at the back of your mind without you being able to put your finger on exactly what it is. It was there at the intimate evening … Continue reading
Charting 60 years on the throne
Lunch today with Robert Hardman, a leading authority on the United Kingdom’s Constitutional Monarchy, an institution which continues to combine pomp with quiet efficiency; and which remains the keystone of Britain’s Parliamentary democracy. Very few journalists are as close to the … Continue reading
2012 topics, in no particular order…
Eurozone, future of; European Union, outlook for; Arab World, what happens next (NB: Egypt and Syria)?; Political leaders, are they up to it?; Global economy, will it or won’t it?; Iran and Israel, will they?; sub-Saharan Africa, challenges and opportunities; … Continue reading
Charlie Chaplin in Mumbai
Good luck to our friends at Editorial Intelligence, who are heading off to India today to launch Names not Numbers in Mumbai. Yesterday I went along to a showing of Deepak Verma’s Mumbai Charlie in Somerset House. A young businessman, uncomfortably … Continue reading