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Science Editor at The Sunday Times
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Finally, I travelled to India to write this piece about a new malaria vaccine developed by Oxford, and ended up asking questions about why Britain's vaccine strategy had fallen by the wayside since the pandemic www.thetimes.com/article/80ba...
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Here's another, a news story featured on the front page of the paper. Features are fun but news is what it is all about www.thetimes.com/article/5c18...
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This is one of the pieces I was shortlisted for, a magazine feature on quantum computing - writing pieces like this is the great joy of working at the Sunday Times www.thetimes.com/article/6e00...
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Fascinating chart. Does anyone have the installation data for 2023 and 2024?
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All of that. And publishers send me lists of what is coming up. But mainly the Sunday Times books team keep me up to date. I start with a list of about 100 books before ending up with 6-10 for this list at the end of every year.
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And once you've watched Harry, switch on Times Radio at 7.35am to hear me talking about the assisted dying vote.
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The component donated by rich nations is part of a headline $1.3 trillion target by 2035, most of will come from the private sector.