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Georgina Clarke Pride month is the celebration of those who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. During this time, people come together to show how far gay rights have come and what work must continue to be done to result in full equality globally. ..
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Jason Smith Most people would’ve heard of the Nobel Prizes, particularly the Peace Prize. This prestigious annual event continues to garner sizeable amounts of press attention and discussion from around the globe which manages to infiltrate both academic discourse and popular culture.
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Jean Tirole has won the Nobel prize for economics 2014.
Staffan Normark, permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced that the French economics professor had won the final prize of the 2014 Nobels at a ceremony on Monday.
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Natalie Stone Israeli industrial designer, artist, and architect Ron Arad has brought his style and strengths to the UK with an innovative approach that defies convention. His 1994 design of the Bookworm bookshelf made him a household name, and he opens Wired’s design issue with a candid interview about how innovation and design can change the world.
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Rafe Offer “You are too short for Goofy” said the Disney costume expert. “You’d better find another character.”
We were inside an underground world, adjacent to Walt Disney World, but hidden. I was a new employee – about to dress up as a character, to learn what the magic is all about - from the inside out.
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Mark Gallagher The launch of my book ‘The Business of Winning’, published today by Kogan Page in London, comes three years after I had the idea to take lessons learned from Formula One and suggest how they might be applied in any business.
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Jason Smith I’ve always been somewhat bemused by the North American use of ‘bangs’ to describe a fringe of a haircut. It just appears to be such an inappropriate word that one wonders if someone, at some point in America’s history of cosmetology, was having a laugh trying to get that one started.
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Max Mckeown The new CEO of Disney began a new series of breakfast meetings. At each meeting, everyone would be invited to join in a discussion of the direction, performance and strategy of the company.
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Jason Smith Being a speaker bureau we need to, every now and again, show off and we do this with a showcase that takes place once a year, or two if we’re feeling particularly ostentatious. It allows us to invite clients along, in a less formal environment, and highlight a selection of speakers, usually three, with a well known figure moderating.
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Sahar Hashemi I don’t consider myself someone held back by fear. As a former lawyer who threw it all in to start a coffee chain with my brother, I know my career path personifies life outside the comfort zone. My first book is titled Anyone Can Do It and is all about overcoming the fear of starting a business. My motto is “leap and the net will appear”.
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Araceli Camargo Marcel Proust remembering his aunt Leonie and the smell of madeleines all triggered by nothing but a cup of tea - The memory of flying a kite - The pain we feel when we see someone else hurt - A quick decision that needs to be made. All these experiences are made possible by 1.5kg of tissue: our brain!
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Jason Smith After the departure of Rhona, our previous Social Media & Blogging person, to New York (with promises of pockets filling with dreams and streets making her feel brand new), meant there was a vacancy here for her position.
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Kristina Grineva Now that Duncan Bannatyne has called time on his role in the Dragon’s Den, the search is on for a replacement. Duncan, not one to suffer fools gladly, graced the Den with his humour and sometimes acerbic comments for three seasons. His replacement will have big shoes to fill, but these potential candidates look to have the right qualities to take his seat.