Potatoes in a Pandemic

Potatoes in a Pandemic

‘Baked potato saved my life’, sang Matt Lucas, in a fundraising video for the NHS that brought smiles to faces across the UK. The joyful silliness helps explain its appeal. Of course a baked potato can’t save anyone’s life. Or can it?

Talking pineapples on the Today programme

Talking pineapples on the Today programme

Cambridge University hosted an entertaining two-day conference last week, ‘Power, Promise, Politics: The Pineapple from Columbus to Del Monte’. The conference earned a mention on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, and I was very happy to be invited to speak...