List of The last word Archive

Thinking about thinking

Blog

18 May 2008

Matthew Taylor

This time last week I said I would start using the blog to discuss the ideas I am developing for my second annual Chief Executive’s lecture, due to take place here at JAS on June 30th.

Do as I say, not as I do

Blog

16 May 2008

Matthew Taylor

Yesterday we had David Runciman discussing his book Political Hypocrisy. Then today, Mangus Linklater comments on a similar phenomena in The Times.

Caution: Creativity

Blog

15 May 2008

Matthew Taylor

On Tuesday we had Sir Michael Lyons in the house discussing his review of public service broadcasting. He made a powerful case, and stood up well to some searching questions from the audience (you can hear it shortly, and from next week will be able to see it in edited form on this website)

Savings Gateway

Blog

15 May 2008

Matthew Taylor

Maybe it was the end of a long day but I was pretty churlish about the Government’s pre Queens Speech on Radio 4 last night. In fact there is much in the announcements I like.

Learning some tough lessons

Blog

13 May 2008

Matthew Taylor

Today is all about Education for the RSA. We are hosting our annual, standing room only Opening Minds Conference – poignantly there is also a report from the authoritative DCSF Select Committee MPs criticising SATS test (again).

Thinking about brains

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12 May 2008

Matthew Taylor

Over the next few days and weeks I am planning to use my blog to outline the argument I intend to make in my second annual chief executive’s lecture to the RSA.

RDInsights: Thomas Heatherwick

Video

11 May 2008

3D Designer, Thomas Heatherwick became an RDI in 2004.

Free as . . .

Blog

09 May 2008

Matthew Taylor

This week I’ve been recalling the iconic line from Withnail and I, “Free to those that can afford it, but very expensive to those that can’t”.

The changing climate of climate change

Blog

08 May 2008

Matthew Taylor

There would appear to be a change in the air – and I’m not just talking about the weather. At the Commentariat event last night (fun, if slightly self indulgent) I heard someone from Spiked magazine confidently criticising the commentators’ consensus around climate change. This wouldn’t normally have been so worrying, but it was the third time in a day that I’d heard this kind of dissent.