Tag: ‘anecdote

14 MAR

The One Show guest shares Stephen Hawking prank anecdote: 'He played a huge joke on me'

Today’s instalment of The One Show began by dedicating a segment to the death of Professor Stephen Hawking, who died this morning at the age of 76. However, one guest told a story about Stephen which delighted the hosts of the programme. BBC Science Correspondent Pallab Ghosh appeared on the show to comment on his […]

26 JAN

A NAFTA negotiator’s anecdote about feta cheese from Vermont explains why a US-UK Brexit trade deal will be harder than most people think

Reuters / John MacDougall On paper, negotiating a UK-USA trade agreement should be easy. The reality is likely to be much more complex. “A trade deal more likely than not, but it’s going to be more complicated than people think,” said Ambassador Charles Ries, a US diplomat who helped negotiate NAFTA, the world’s largest trade […]