Give Iraq the tools to re-educate its people Saad Eskander has such a difficult and important job that it’s easy to feel guilty about keeping him away from it. However,…Read More
Saad Eskander
Fran Monks
Year: 2008
Fran Monks
Fruto del Espiritu
Fran Monks
Offset the UK’s Cocaine Footprint I just loved the Fruto del Espíritu idea the first time I heard it. They import, market and sell exotic fruit purées from Colombia. By…Read More
Richard Branson
Fran Monks
Have an idea and realise it Last week I found myself in an unlikely situation; sitting on a Caribbean beach talking to Richard Branson. In recent years, the international entrepreneur…Read More
Phil Harvey
Fran Monks
Use business profits to fund a good cause I was quite nervous about meeting Phil Harvey. He runs Adam and Eve, the largest on-line store of adult merchandise in the…Read More
Julie Sumner
Fran Monks
Put yourself at the centre of an issue About ten years ago Julie Sumner decided to embark upon a personal experiment. “I wanted to see what it was like to…Read More
Peter Roberts
Fran Monks
Volunteer with Time Bank Newington Green, East London, is not the place you expect to find a stunning urban oasis. Especially, at the end of an unpromising looking street, hidden…Read More
Elke Heckel
Fran Monks
Become a midwife Elke Heckel works unpredictable hours, often late into the night. Her job is messy and her actions can be a matter of life and death, but she…Read More
Bernadette Geller
Fran Monks
Get arrested for civil disobedience I met Bernadette Geller, a former nun who has been arrested more than twenty times for civil disobedience in Baltimore train station. Her neice had…Read More
Julie Brown
Fran Monks
Become a market gardener Julie Brown lives in Hackney, a densely populated area of East London. She walks and cycles everywhere and has all the conveniences of urban living on…Read More
Neil Jameson
Fran Monks
Organise people around their broad self interest “Go on Father, you’re here to bring about the Kingdom of Heaven, so how’s it going?”. This is the kind of cheerfully awkward…Read More