PinnedThe five most impressive tidal power projects you need to know aboutAs predictable as the sun rising and setting every day, tides will always go in and out. This unerring twice daily rhythm has the potential to generate 313 GW globally each year, yet there are only a handful of viable projects harnessing this great force around the world. …Engineering7 min readEngineering7 min read
May 30Tea With Tina TurnerConversations with a cultural icon — For some people, charisma rolls off them in waves. They give out energy like radiating heat. They walk into a room and suddenly become the epicenter, all eyes drawn to them. According to all sources, Tina Turner had this electrifying ability. Tina Turner’s energy was magnetic. Her inimitable voice made…Celebrating Life2 min readCelebrating Life2 min read
May 26A Supportive Take On AI-Driven InnovationWhen I first read Nick Bostrum’s Superintelligence and the brilliant synthesis of related expert views on the subject of AI from Tim Urban at Wait But Why back in 2015, I was terrified. Previously, my existential worries focused on the climate crisis. Visions of the sea burning, desertification, and mass…AI3 min readAI3 min read
Mar 12Drinking with BoudiccaThe most rambunctious dinner party guest — Imagine gathering a group of great women from the past together for an informal dinner party. The kind that happens around the kitchen table, rather than formally in a dining room. I’ve already invited my late Aunty Jo, who is cackling over a dirty joke with Margaret Bourke-White, while Ruth…Women2 min readWomen2 min read
Oct 2, 2022MonthNotes — September 2022Mountains, monarchs, and my new colleagues What was good about September? We started the month at the end of a week’s hiking in The Alps. Our intention was to hike from Les Houches in France to Courmayeur in Italy via the first third of the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB). Booking a bunk in the…Monthnote3 min readMonthnote3 min read
Sep 30, 2022Six Women Who Built The Computer Industry And Why You Have Never Heard Of ThemKay McNulty. Betty Jennings. Betty Snyder. Marlyn Wescoff. Fran Bilas. Ruth Lichterman. Let’s pay homage to the unsung heroines of the computing industry. Without these six brilliant mathematicians and programmers, the world’s first digital computer would have remained a theoretical concept wrapped inside a very expensive hunk of metal. The…Feminism2 min readFeminism2 min read
Sep 30, 2022Click, Run. When Automatic Thinking Hijacks your Brain and Makes you Vulnerable to CoercionWhat was I just thinking about? And why do I now own a selfie stick and other random phone peripherals?! Put your hand on an unexpectedly hot stove top and it’ll immediately fly off before you’ve had time to process the fact. Watch a scary movie and your whole body…Persuasion3 min readPersuasion3 min read
Sep 13, 2022How the default mode network rules our brains and makes all the decisions around hereWhenever your brain is not doing a specific task it is hanging out in the default mode network. You’ll recognise this space as the one you go to when you’re not paying attention to anything in particular. Sometimes it is a shiny, happy and warm cocoon. You mull over ideas…Adhd3 min readAdhd3 min read
Sep 11, 2022Five Reasons To Mourn The Greatest GenerationWhy Queen Elizabeth II’s death is such a blow to us all I knew the Queen was ill when my WhatsApp pinged. I have a journalist friend who gets called up on days off only when there’s a huge story to cover. …Grief4 min readGrief4 min read
Aug 22, 2022How reciprocity can work against you as a powerful force of influenceI’m in a bind of my own making, yet Robert Cialdini could have totally predicted this. A friend at work and I went for “a quick drink” a few months back, which in London means that you spend the entire night getting drunk together, eat expensive bar snacks, and then…Negotiation4 min readNegotiation4 min read
