Interview with Sarah Cordiner

Miranda Kaufmann: ‘Black Tudors’ shows racism isn’t inevitable

The author and black history researcher speaks on the importance of passing historical knowledge on to the next generation, and reveals her competitive sporting nature

By Rachael Pells

13 December

Terry Hughes: the coral reef expert fighting ignorance with facts

The winner of this year’s John Maddox Prize talks about fighting to protect the planet and dealing with adversity

By Anna McKie

6 December

Boris Paton: I may be turning 100, but I’m not retiring yet

After spending a century in and around academia, Ukraine’s chief scientist reflects on his father’s ‘genius’, Chernobyl and how scientists helped to win the Second World War

By Jack Grove

22 November