Interviews with important and interesting people in Durham and beyond. If you have someone you’d like to interview, email profile@palatinate.org.uk.
Profile speaks to Ambassador Matt Field about his winding career path, from leaving Durham in 1999 to serving as the current UK Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Thomas Hennessy in dialogue with Simon May about why the Reformation may be more relevant to our love lives than we might think
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Nathan Law on global democratic decline, idealism in student activism and maintaining hope in the future of Hong Kong.
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Profile speaks to MP Crispin Blunt about his time at Durham, the government’s response to the pandemic, and Partygate
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Profile speaks to Sunday Times journalist and Durham alumnus, George Arbuthnott, about Boris Johnson’s leadership, the government’s handling of the pandemic, and myths in journalism
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Thomas Hennessy talks to Dr Philip Rushbrook, British governor of St Helena, about societal change, cabbage trees and local democracy
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Profile speaks to writer and Guardian columnist Stuart Heritage about his career in journalism, Mission Impossible, and white chocolate coconut bundt cake
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Thomas Hennessy talks to Edith Hall about Aristotle, classism in Classics and the meaning of life.
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Profile interviews Carla Denyer, the co-leader of the Green Party, about universities, her time at Durham, and
what she would like to achieve as co-leader of the UK’s fastest-growing political party
George Simms reflects on Sir Harry Evans’ first editorial role and his long-lasting impact on Palatinate.
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