Best of my Cambridge TV Interviews

These are some of my best examples of extended interviews and studio based work for Cambridge TV. These include interviews with academics, entrepreneurs and even a personal hero of mine. But first we'll start with the evening news...



Newspaper The Cambridge Independent launched in 2016 and I spoke to it's owner Edward Iliffe and managing director Ricky Allen...



My final interview on behalf of Cambridge TV News, which looked into how election results could be swung by the weather...



Cambridge Satchel Company founder Julie Deane OBE was commissioned by the British Government to do a report into self-employment. I spoke to her about her findings...



Waterscope is a company set up by Cambridge University students that's trying to find a way to make it easier for communities in the developing world get hold of safe drinking water...



10 million bibles were printed in Britain during the First World War and Christianity played a key role in the arguments of the pro and anti war movements. Two Cambridge University scholars have embarked on a 2-year project across Europe to find out more about the word of God in times of War...



Interview with the Newnham College Principal Professor Dame Carol Black about the role Newnham plays at the University of Cambridge and about her career...



In the run-up to Cambridge's Festival of Ideas I spoke to Dr Kristina Spohr and Professor David Reynolds ahead of their lecture into Cold War diplomacy...

UK's First Sake Brewery to open in Cambridgeshire

The first Sake brewery in the UK is set to open here in the county – after winning the approval of local councillors. The Japanese company Dojima will be investing around £9million in the business on the estate grounds of Fordham Abbey near Ely. They say their venture should lead to thousands of litres of freshly brewed Sake and over a hundred new jobs for the area.

 

But before building can begin, the owners held a Shinto ceremony...

Artist Impression by Kay Pilsbury Thomas Architects

New brain labs open at Addenbrooke's Hospital

New laboratories pioneering research into neurological disorders have been opened at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.The modernised John Pickard Neurosurgical Laboratories will be extending their ground-breaking work into brain tumours. Today a family who’ve raised hundreds of thousands of pounds to support the service witnessed the naming of one lab after their daughter.

 

Red Wellies set up in memory of Lisa Wiles

Indus Valley was farming rice earlier than thought

Researchers have found that farmers in India were cultivating rice centuries earlier than previously thought. A study by Cambridge University found that agricultural techniques developed in the Indus civilisation produced large yields and varieties of food. The team will now be looking at how the farmers were able to cope with climate change.

 

Pakistan Monument History of Pakistan by 100HOST.COM

Children with Type 1 diabetes could be spared daily injections

29,000 British children need to take multiple insulin injections every day to avoid Type 1 diabetes from destroying their immune systems. They depend on a method that was developed in the 1920s which researchers at Cambridge University think desperately needs changing. They have been testing a drug that could help patient’s immune systems to protect themselves rather than having to live their life around the needle.

 

Insulin and Syringe 

Wind may swing Elections says Cambridge University Professor

People are losing faith in election forecasts from pollsters after several votes didn't go as expected. But people may want to pay more attention to weather forecasters in the run-up to elections according to Cambridge University's Judge Business School. They say that undecided voters heading towards the polls maybe swung by the weather that day. Because elections are being decided be smaller and smaller margins this could make the difference between going with the status quo and taking a leap into the unknown...

Woman voting in Iraqi elections in 2005

Meet the 'Oldest Football Club in the World'

Cambridge is well-known for it’s scientific and technological inventions, but in many ways it’s most popular creation is association football. This link has now been recognised by the game’s National Football Museum who have dubbed Cambridge University’s team as ‘the oldest football club in the world’ as they inducted them into their Hall of Fame

Dinosaur's brain tissue discovered on a British beach

Palaeontologists from the University of Cambridge and Oxford have discovered the brain tissue of a land-roaming dinosaur that's been dead for over 133 million years. The fossil was found in 2004 but only after some scanning were it's secrets revealed

The House helping preserve Cambridge's Past and Future

The house belonging to the engineer that treated all of Cambridge’s sewage has been taken over by the Museum of Technology. The Council used to rent it out to families until it was damaged in an arson attack 18 months ago. The Museum hope the house will help to bring to life the city’s past, and become a community hub in the future.

 

Volunteers Saving Lives from the Skies with Magpas Air Ambulance

Magpas Air Ambulance was started as a group of volunteer GPs helping road traffic accidents victims in 1971. At first they responded to incidents with their own cars, now they deploy their air ambulance to people in peril across the East of England. In that time they've helped over 60,000 people. I spoke to their chief executive about their past, present and future.

Picture courtesy of Magpas

What is Epilepsy? Hear from those who live with it

Doctors and patients with epilepsy are raising awareness of the myths around the disease, to end the stigma associated with the condition. Around 6,000 people in Cambridgeshire have some form of epilepsy. Some experience seizures on a regular basis, whereas others may only have a handful over a decade. I met up with football commentator Karl Bates to find out more...

Arthur Rank Hospice opening new site in Cambridge

Arthur Rank Hospice is set to move patients into a new £10.5 million site in November. Before they move in members of the public are being given a look around, including your's truly, check out what I...eeerrr, checked out...

Scientists gain insights into oldest cancer that's spread through dogs

A contagious form of cancer that can spread between dogs during mating has highlighted the extent to which dogs accompanied human travellers throughout our seafaring history. But the tumours also provide surprising insights into how cancers evolve by ‘stealing’ DNA from their host.

Picture by Andrea Strakova

New App could help with quicker Cancer Diagnosis

A clinical support app, pioneered in Cambridge can now help doctors worldwide to determine the ideal course of patient treatment after breast cancer surgery. The Predict breast treatment tool is a mathematical model already used by doctors online. Now a new app could provide quick and easy access for medical providers.

How our immune systems can fight back against tumour cells

Cambridge researchers have discovered how cancerous tumours protect themselves from an attack from the body’s immune system. The Babraham Institute is now working with American researchers to find out how it can prepare cancer patient’s immune systems to fight back.

Relic belonging to Saint Thomas Becket may have been found in Cambridge University Library

A Librarian at Corpus Christi College believes he’s found a relic belonging to English Saint Thomas Becket. The martyred archbishop’s personal book of psalms, which, it’s said, he was holding when he was murdered became a rare example of a book being used as a relic.

New technology for treating malaria infected blood could save lives in sub-Saharan Africa

Transfusing blood to patients in sub-Saharan carriers a high risk of transmitting malaria, especially to young children. But now a technology has been developed to treat donated blood with Vitamin B and UV radiation. This is down to a collaboration between the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana and the Department of Haemotology at the University of Cambridge:


 

The Day They Nearly Banned The Bomb

30 years ago today, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev almost agreed to completely get rid of their countries' nuclear weapons in a small room in Reykjavik, Iceland. But one word prevented them from doing so, much to the relief of many of their advisors and Cold War allies. The meeting was initially thought to be a failure but Professor David Reynolds (University of Cambridge and Dr Kristina Spohr (LSE) say it was actually part of a process that helped end the Cold War peacefully. They make this argument in their new book 'Transcending the Cold War: Summits, Statecraft, and the Dissolution of Bipolarity in Europe, 1970-1990.' Cambridge audiences will also be able to meet both of these Historians as part of the Festival of Ideas on the 26th October, at their talk, 'The Day They Nearly Banned The Bomb'

Images courtesy of the Reagan Library

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Cambridge Science Centre watch Tim Peake blast off:

How the world looked through a dinosaurs eyes:



Bibles during World War One


How you can get sand to 'sing:'



 Murder Trial Verdict at Cambridge Crown Court:

Imperial War Museum Duxford's Flying Airshow 2016:



A Cambridge University spin-out has created a device that can trace the progress of cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease with a simple blood test:


Junior Doctors Strike at Addenbrooke's Hospital:



Cam Sight Exhibition at Cambridge Guildhall:



Long jump for dogs:



(yes it's probably the most fun I've had with a camera)

Raspberry Pi events in Cambridge

More than 10 million Raspberry Pi's have been sold worldwide and have even been used by astronauts in space. The Raspberry Pi Foundation continues to operate from the city of it's creation much to the delight of the Cambridge community:

Dozens of roboteering teams turn out for Pi Wars in Cambridge, where contestants turn out for a series of challenges:

Others make music not war with the Raspberry Pi, such as Cambridge University's Dr Sam Aaron with his Sonic Pi:



The Sonic Pi was soon at the fingertips of the rest of the community at the Raspberry Pi Birthday party being held in the William Gates Building in Cambridge on 29th February. (The following video was filmed by Adam Page, Annie Edwards, Cleve Roberts and edited by Tom Lonsdale)



But before Raspberry Pis make it to Mars they'll be returning to the William Gates Building next year for Pi Wars 3.0 on 1st and 2nd April 2017:

Ultra-thin LED could lead to new quantum networks

Cambridge Physicists led by Professor Mete Atature may have found a way to create more secure communication networks by using graphene. Researchers for the Cavendish Lab and the Graphene Flagship have made ultra-thin Light Emitting Diodes, just a few atoms thick. It could improve everyday technologies from MRI scanners to clocks.


Team Dr Matteo Barbone, Dr Dhiren Kara and Carmen Palacious Berraquero

Warriors on 1066 March pass through Cambridgeshire

Re-enactors, who are travelling 300 miles on foot and horseback in tribute to King Harold in 1066, made a visit to Audley End House in Saffron Walden today to meet schoolchildren from R A Butler Academy. The trip, to commemorate 950 years after the Norman Conquest, is taking the army from York to Hastings where over 1000 warriors will be lining up for battle:



 

Visually impaired artists display their work in new Cambridge exhibition

Visually impaired and blind artists are displaying their works as part of a new exhibition in Cambridge. ‘From the Studio Floor’ was set up by blindness charity Cam Sight, who hope they can sell some of the pieces to raise money for their work in the local community. The curator has deliberately mixed the art all together so that visitors won't be able to tell which works are by full-sighted or partially sighted artists. (Also it features a fellow Derby artist!)

 

Best of my animal stories at Cambridge TV

From the tiny ant to the Iguanodon there's plenty of incredible creatures roaming or being studied (in a nice way) in Cambridge. I've had the privilege of meeting some beautiful creatures and their kindly keepers during my time at Cambridge TV. Here are some of my highlights:

K9 Aqau Sport

One of the first stories I did here involved a dog long-jump which involve, well, this...



Ants show Nano-scientists how it's done!

In the more serious surroundings of Cambridge University, scientists were looking towards a cleaning mechanism ants used which they thought could help them build new nano-machine!

   

Dog Expert awarded for 40 years of service

One of the nicest academics I met was Professor Mike Herrtage who got £10,000 from the International Canine Health Awards for the four decades working with the animals.



Do Zoos help animal conservation?

The Director at Shepreth Wildlife Park has became the first female Chairman of a national organisation representing Britain and Ireland's leading zoos.  It came at a time when zoos are under increasing scrutiny after a keeper's death in South Lakes and the shooting of a gorilla in the states. 



Dinosaurs Saw Red

Anyone who knows me knows I'm dinosaur mad, so any chance to play around in the Sedgwick Museum is never getting turned down!




Dinosaur Song

And I'm not the only one crazy enough about them, even the stuffy-Victorians wrote silly ditties about 'Jolly Old Beasts'



Wanna Help Animals?

While there's now an even gender split between males and females in Veterinary positions there very few men taking up roles as veterinary nurses. The College of West Anglia hope this doesn't stay the case:

Scientists find quicker way of testing cancer cures

Cambridge Scientists have discovered a new way to test hundreds of cancer drugs quickly, cutting the time it could take to find breast cancer treatments. The new technique uses human tumour cells, grown in mice, which give an accurate representation of how cancer spreads. Cancer Research UK hope it could replace the current method of growing cells in the lab.

Memorial to Fenland Spitfire crash pilot unveiled

A memorial has been unveiled to a pilot, who's remains were recovered 75 years after his Spitfire crashed into the fens. Last year, archaeologists recovered the remains of Flight Officer Harold Penketh still in his plane, which crashed in 1940. The land is now being restored as part of the Great Fen Project. At a memorial service his cousins – who were traced after a television appeal, paid tribute to the families of other servicemen who didn't return home.

Punting touts wear cameras to show they aren't breaking the rules

Cambridge touts are using body cameras to prove they’re not breaking new public spaces protection orders. They say the new rules aren’t clear after several touts were hit with £75 fines. But the council say the rules are clear and that any use of body cameras must follow a strict code of practice.

Punting (C) Ardfern

Hepatitis C cure being denied to patients

Patients suffering from Hepatitis C aren't getting the treatment that they deserve - according to former patients who've waited for treatment through the NHS - some for a decade. The issue over funding the drugs - which can cost up to forty thousand pounds per patient could be decided by the courts.

CCG meeting over Ely Minor Injuries Unit

Ely residents have raised their concerns about the proposed closure of the city's Minor Injuries Unit in more public meetings held to decide its future. The Clinical Commissioning Group for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough insist no decision has yet been made, in spite of a leaked report saying closure could be the only option.

Classical statues compared to Michael Jackson and Rihanna

Cambridge University’s Museum of Classical Archaeology is using a modern twist on its Greco-Roman art in a new exhibition. Called “Recasting” it brings together works by contemporary artists nationwide who aim to embrace and challenge classical artistic traditions.

Astronomers closer to understanding Dark Matter

Cambridge researchers have detected two massive holes which have been ‘punched’ through a stream of stars just outside the Milky Way. They’re thought to be caused by clumps of dark matter, which could give further clues into their role in the universe.

V. Belokurov, D. Erkal, S.E. Koposov (IoA, Cambridge). Photo: Color image of M31 from Adam Evans.

Placenta umpires tug-of-war between Mother and Baby for nutrients

Cambridge researchers have found that the placenta plays a key role in deciding how nutrients are shared between a pregnant mother and her baby. 1 in 8 expectant women in the UK still suffer with pre-natal complications, mainly caused by problems with the placenta. It’s hoped the study will provide an insight into how intervention could help.

Warning: The following news report contains images of a medical nature.