Parlatinate: “Every single student has some sort of link to Italy”
“Think about how many times a month you eat pesto pasta.” Erin Waks chats to the co-editors of Parlatinate about their new project, inspired by a love for Italian culture.
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Interviews with important and interesting people in Durham and beyond. If you have someone you’d like to interview, email profile@palatinate.org.uk.
Nathaniel Barling: “Objectivity is an impossible pursuit”
“We can leverage subjective lenses on the world to get closer to objectivity.” Isabella Green interviews alumnus Nathaniel Barling about his AI-driven news platform ‘Knowhere’, which recently secured a place on Forbes’ 30 under 30 list.
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Clare Cameron: “As a civil servant, you don’t have to agree with all government policy”
“There is a massive bureaucracy that needs to change and that’s the challenge that I have at the moment.” Profile Editor, Isabella Green, interviews Clare Cameron, Director of Innovation at the Ministry of Defence.
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Female burn victims in India: “It’s a significant problem”
Project Leader Sasha Zaroubin speaks to Profile about Shakti, a Durham student-led social enterprise.
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Sir Vince Cable: “There’s going to be a big shift away from the issues that preoccupied my generation”
Max Kendix speaks to the former Liberal Democrat leader about lockdowns, re-joining the EU and his party’s future.
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Lady Hale: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down”
Max Kendix speaks to former Supreme Court President Baroness Hale about diversity in the judiciary, hostile media coverage and her famous spider brooch.
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Lee Elliot Major: “Social mobility is both a personal and professional passion”
“Inequalities outside the education system are growing.” Profile Editor, Isabella Green, interviews Lee Elliot Major OBE on the detrimental impact of the pandemic on social inequality and how universities could be doing more to help.
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Dr Becky Smethurst: “You literally have the entire universe to talk about”
Profile editor Izzy Harris speaks to astrophysisicist Dr Becky Smethurst about her YouTube channel, research and science communication.
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Countdown champion Luke Johnson-Davies: “These days I don’t actually watch the show, I find it a little dull”
Luke Johnson-Davies speaks to Profile about his Countdown win, the game itself and his future plans.
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Henry Bird: Paul Hollywood has “a thick handshake, not limp, it’s firm, it’s sturdy, and it’s good”
Profile speaks to Henry Bird, a current Durham English Literature finalist, 2019 Bake Off contestant, and journalist.
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