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Philosophy, astrology and… Christmas lists?

Nobody panic- despite the title, this is not an (exceptionally early) festive post! I had no idea that it was possible to observe, understand, and come to know, so many sides of one person through only one medium, until now. This is exactly what I have encountered in my first couple of weeks as the…

Photograph Nigel Luckhurst

Audience etiquette

I have recently finished cataloguing the scripts of lectures and broadcasts which Imogen delivered throughout her life, and they have turned out to be sources of real insight into her ideas, interests and personality. Imogen’s early love of dancing and her conducting experience made her at ease in front of an audience; she also had…