Alicia Clegg @aliciamargclegg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Very happy to see this online. Thanks to Prospect for commissioning and to Xand van Tulleken for a fascinating and fun interview. 014
Alicia Clegg @aliciamargclegg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Had so much fun interviewing Xand van Tulleken for Prospect Magazine about his funny and informative new book Make Me Well exposing the money-making sleights of hand behind commercialised wellness, and why we should spend more time with friends. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...prospectmagazine.co.ukXand van Tulleken: The wellness industry is a distractionThe doctor and health presenter on the everyday scams in your local pharmacy 000
Alicia Clegg @aliciamargclegg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026If social history is your thing, and you can get to Eastbourne, Prof. Penelope Corfield is talking to the HA's local branch this Thursday on "The Development of the Egalitarian Handshake". Non-members pay £2.00, 2nd April 7 pm, St Saviour's Church Hall, South Street, Eastbourne. 000
Alicia Clegg @aliciamargclegg.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Really happy to see my piece on the brain science of learning in the FT’s Upskilling report, which is online today. A big thank you to everyone who contributed their thoughts and to the researchers whose work I’ve cited. on.ft.com/47j4jOzon.ft.comThe science and psychology of upskilling: why learning by doing is so importantWith the right culture, people can learn from each other and often very effectively 000
Alicia Clegg @aliciamargclegg.bsky.social · 16/07/2025If you’ve ever wondered about NHS information governance and employment tribunals, do read this by @tommygreene.bsky.social on the case of Dr Chris Day. Multiple disclosure failings, the attempted destruction of 94,000 emails. Yet still the judge found for the employer. 163
Alicia Clegg @aliciamargclegg.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Really pleased to see this piece I wrote for the FT's Modern Workplace special report is free to read. on.ft.com/4cyOWUnon.ft.comNavigating public transport and infrastructure to workFor disabled jobseekers, accessible trains and buses are a route out of worklessness into employment and higher pay 020
Alicia Clegg @aliciamargclegg.bsky.social · 20/11/2024 Caring for the dying is lonely, facing death alone even lonelier. It doesn’t have to be, according to Living Well Dying Well, a not-for-profit that trains end-of-life doulas. My interview for @prospectmagazine.bsky.social with LWDW’s pioneering founder. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...prospectmagazine.co.ukHow an end-of-life doula makes dying easierHermione Elliott wants to retrieve society’s forgotten death know-how 031
Reposted by Alicia CleggEmily Lawford @emilylawford.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Lovely interview with an end-of-life doula—who helps people in their final days—by @aliciamargclegg.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...prospectmagazine.co.ukHow an end-of-life doula makes dying easierHermione Elliott wants to retrieve society’s forgotten death know-how 2166
Alicia Clegg @aliciamargclegg.bsky.social · 27/08/2024Can't imagine being a medieval monk was much fun, but there's something incredibly restful about a monastic ruin. Battle Abbey on a sometimes sunny Bank Holiday afternoon - the Saxon cake in the cafe was good too! 020
Alicia Clegg @aliciamargclegg.bsky.social · 19/08/2024Me in today's FT on the corporate volunteering tech bridging the gap between what volunteers want to do and what charities need. www.ft.com/content/77af...ft.com‘Netflix of volunteering’ eases burden of corporate charity workNew apps allow employees to help out ‘on their own terms’ — but do they give non-profit groups what they need? 000