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Sam Illingworth, Credit: Sam Illingworth

A Sonnet to Science: Dr. Sam Illingworth

Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme, interviews Dr Sam Illingworth, PhD Atmospheric Physics, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK. Dr Illingworth is a “poet scientist” who believes that poetry is a powerful tool to communicate and explore science. He is passionate about encouraging the cross fertilisation of ideas from one […]

Catching Fire and then I just couldn't stop!

Catching Fire and Then I Just Couldn’t Stop!

Hollie Fraser, ideaXme literature reading and writing ambassador interviews Uli Beutter Cohen, creator of Subway Book Review. Below, Uli Beutter Cohen explains how she became hooked on talking to strangers on the subway. She talks of how this process has become central to a huge social movement which is expected to become the subject of […]