Over the past 18 months, she’s interviewed people whose specialisms range from the literature of love and loss to the fragile early life of mammalian eggs. As compiler of This Cambridge Life, Alex Buxton…
Grace England couldn’t do maths at school, which puzzled her teachers because she was a bookworm who had learned to read early. A diagnosis of dyslexia was a turning point. With the right kind of support, she…
Geoffrey Khan grew up with a sense of not belonging. His passion for languages led him to discover the forgotten pronunciation of ancient Hebrew and set him on a quest to record the world’s last…
Linda Fisher is an administrator who hates committees. Her commitment to the courses she organises at the Institute for Continuing Education (ICE) has turned her into an email addict — but she lets off steam in…
James Downs is exceptionally talented — both academically and musically. He’s also a perfectionist who has struggled with OCD and anorexia. It was more than six years before he found treatments that suited him. He now…