Simon Singh: Seeing is not Believing
Jaipur Literary Festival 2015 / Scientists / The Hindu Businessline / TV People / Writers

Simon Singh: Seeing is not Believing

Simon Singh is immediately recognisable in a crowd — his dramatic haircut riffs on a Mohawk and his oval, gold-rimmed glasses glint in the light. One of Britain’s leading science communicators, Singh left Cambridge with a PhD in particle physics and followed that with a stint at CERN. He then joined the BBC as a … Continue reading

Bettany Hughes: Everyone say, ‘Philosophy!’
Academics / Historians / Jaipur Literary Festival 2015 / The Hindu Businessline / TV People

Bettany Hughes: Everyone say, ‘Philosophy!’

Bettany Hughes was once described as the ‘Nigella Lawson of History’. Ask her about it now, and she bursts out laughing. In that moment, the similarities between the two women could not be more obvious — vivacious, uninhibited and good looking, both exert a magnetic pull on TV viewers across the world. However, the focus … Continue reading