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Samantha in her West London home It would be quite understandable if, on the day that Samantha Cameron’s husband faces two select committees, she isn’t in the mood to conduct an interview about fashion. But if she seems a little flustered when she joins me – with David Cameron due to be quizzed on the Greensill lobbying scandal in two hours’ time – she doesn’t take long to shake it off. ‘Sorry, it’s been rather a busy day,’ she says simply; I imagine ‘eye-wateringly stressful’ might be a more accurate way of putting it. The woman we call Sam Cam has a reputation for bein...

What We Owe Each Other A New Social Contract RELEASED 03/03/2022 A transformative new way of tackling the current divisions and future challenges that societies the world over now face -- from the Director of the LSE Throughout history, humans who live together have had to answer the question, ‘what do we owe each other?’ Childcare, education, nursing for the sick, support for the elderly and those who cannot provide for themselves – every one of us will need some or all of these things over the course of our lives. How we ensure their provision – ‘the social contract’ – ...

Eleven young enterprising Africans, among them two Nigerians, who have been named Young Global Leaders (YGL) by the World Economic Forum

Pat Utomi. Photo: THEINTERVIEW Fascination with why some countries succeed remarkably, others fail disgracefully, and many occupy grounds of the shades of grey on the spectrum, has been decades old with me.  In response, I have written several books, numerous opinion pieces and academic essays and jumped into the arena of praxis, with spectacular stories to tell, and show for it.  Lately, my greater concern has been how to help people not inclined to academic treatises, or have the time for even OPED essays of this type, identify with how these matters connect to the burdens of their life...

Eleven young enterprising Africans, among them two Nigerians, who have been named Young Global Leaders (YGL) by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for 2021, are to benefit from the Aliko Dangote Fellowship endowed to support African Young Global Leaders. The beneficiaries are among 112 persons under 40 years of age, selected as Young Global Leaders by WEF, from across 56 countries. The two Nigerians, Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong, founder, 54gene and Obi Ozor, the founder of Kobo360, joined the ranks of past Nigerian winners, Ambassador Debo Adesina, former Editor-in Chief of the Guardian Newspapers and cu...