Brett Wigdortz, the Teach First man who is transforming Britain's schools
If you were looking for someone qualified to lead an initiative to improve the standard of education for under-privileged children, Brett Wigdortz would not be that man. At least, 10 years ago he was...
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If you believe Richard Young’s account of his own career, he is one of the luckiest photographers around. He tells of how he was working in a bookshop, dabbling in photography, when he obtained a world...
View ArticleFelix Posen's mission: the first-ever entire record of everything Jewish
Felix Posen is passionate about secular Jewish culture. If it is not a contradiction, he is positively evangelical about it. And he has also been prepared to invest more than just time into his...
View ArticleKaren Ruimy: the high-flyer who gave up finance for flamenco
This is the time of year when many people take a look at their lives and wonder whether they are going in the right direction.Karen Ruimy went through the same process back in the 1990s. She was the...
View ArticleFrancesca Segal: the Costa Prize-winnning novelist following in her father's...
The most surprising thing about Francesca Segal was that she was in her 30s before she published a novel. Aged three, her imaginary friend was the secretary who would take dictation for her. When she...
View ArticleStephen Grosz: telling tales from the consulting room
There is something mildly thrilling about sitting in the consulting room of a famous psychoanalyst and asking him a few searching questions about how he feels about the success of his recent book and...
View ArticleInterview: David Schneider
David Schneider has tried plenty of things in his career, most with success. He has acted in TV comedy, directed, written for film, stage and radio, performed stand-up and appeared in movies. And if...
View ArticleInterview: Andy Jacobs
As you read this, Andy Jacobs will be in Rio de Janeiro, a stone's throw from the Copacabana beach, trying desperately to appear as though he is not having too good a time. It will be tricky. Anyone...
View ArticleInterview: Yuval Adler
Yuval Adler could have been many things. He studied philosophy after army service and went on to study for a PhD at Columbia University. He was also an artist who was good enough to have his work - a...
View ArticleInterview: Oliver Horovitz
Ten years ago, American teenager Oliver Horovitz decided to spend his gap year studying at the University of St Andrews before starting his degree course at Harvard. A massive golf fan, he had such a...
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