The woman with the ear of the Prime Minister in the pandemic
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Greg Bruce meets Dame Juliet Gerrard, the Prime Minister s chief science advisor. I asked Dame Juliet Gerrard if she ever relies on gut feeling. I said it seemed like gut feeling would have been required a lot in the early days of the pandemic, when we didn t know anything about the virus.
She said: I think scientists call gut feeling a hypothesis .
That sounded quite witty for a scientist, so I asked if she d used that line before. She said she hadn t. She said: It was a glib answer, but I think there s something in that. That s what scientists do: They read a lot, and they have a hunch; and they think: Okay, so how am I going to test that hunch?
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On Valentine s Day, stories to renew your wows
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Feb. 10, 2021
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By Eleanor Farjeon
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Two weeks ago, I was casting about for a novel or short-story collection - something sweet - that would be just right for Valentine s Day. Being fond of anniversaries, I hoped there might be some appropriate book from 1921 due for centenary celebration. There was. But Eleanor Farjeon s Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard - containing six romantic fairy tales recounted by a wandering minstrel - turned out to be far more than just appropriate. It was magical.
Of course, I shouldn t have been surprised since Farjeon (1881-1965) is one of the 20th century s most beloved children s authors, equally adept at verse and prose. The Little Bookroom, a selection of some of her best stories, received Britain s 1955 Carnegie Medal and, in 1956, was honored with the inaugural Hans Christian Andersen Award. (The book is currently available in the N
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