Interesting People

Norman Borlaug: The Man Who Saved One Billion People

He was a man that changed the world. While most people try to make a difference, the impact that they create is often very hard to quantify – one cannot say the same thing about Norman Borlaug.

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Franklin’s Northwest Passage: PR And Mistruths

Interesting People

They were on a quest for fame, glory and national pride. They wanted to become the first expedition to navigate the infamous Northwest Passage, a treacherous journey so hazardous that many considered it foolhardy to even try. Their trek would reveal more truths than Britain was comfortable with and one of the great PR spins

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John F Kennedy: The Man Behind The Image

Interesting People

As people, we have a habit of placing our more successful and famous peers upon pedestals. We cherish them, we worship them and we create their image to suit our desires. Essentially, those that are deemed worthy are distorted and sanitised into perfect people. We make them into something that they never were or could

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Joseph ‘Joe’ Kennedy: The Patriarchal Shadow That Hangs Over The Kennedys

Deceased

‘Out of the furnace of flames and torrid heat comes the hardened steel blade. A blade that owes it very existence to its hellish birth.’ He was the dominant figure that ruled over the Kennedy family but he was far from perfect. Power-hungry and filled with ambition, if anybody got in his way Joe would

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Joyce Hatto: The Great Pianist That Fooled The World

Artists/Creatives

In 2003, she would become the most famous pianist in the world. The toast and the envy of the music industry, Joyce Hatto rose from a place of previous obscurity to temporarily become the world’s transcendent piano player as a series of her recordings caused tidals waves throughout the classical music sphere.

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Alain Robert: The Life Of The Human Spider

Living

He has a developed a talent like no other. The Human Spider. Unlike the comic book character, his life is not governed by the whims of writers. When he puts his life on the line no amount of words will breathe life into him if he misplaces a hand or foot from high above a

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Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek: The Linen Trader Who First Glimpsed The Microscopic

Deceased

In a time when science was well-funded and complex technology was improving all the time, one man went against the grain with wonderful results. Without scientific training and without huge resources, he was the first person to see the invisible world of the microscopic, the first to watch tiny, single-celled animals hurling across their watery

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Catherine Elizabeth Middleton: The Most Famous Woman In Britain

Interesting People

She has become one of the most famous women in the world. As she takes her place in one of the last remaining monarchies. The woman called Kate is now the envy of many.

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