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The Brexit Minister for Food Security

The Brexit Minister for Food Security

by Len Fisher | 15 Jul 2019 | Food & Gastronomy: Media and Writing, Game Theory & You: Media and Writing

The Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery is my favourite annual indulgence, where I meet many old friends from the foodie world and let fly with my thoughts and opinions on the theme of the meeting. The theme for 2019 was Food and Power, which gave me the opportunity...
On the Fat-Headedness of Crowds

On the Fat-Headedness of Crowds

by Len Fisher | 25 Jun 2016 | Game Theory & You: Media and Writing, Mini Stories from Science, News

July 25th, 2016 The result of the recent UK referendum on whether to stay in or to leave Europe has come as a shock to many of us. More than one correspondent has asked me “I thought there was this thing called group intelligence which said that, the larger the group,...
Letter to “Times,” Thursday June 16 (2016), re food and Brexit.

Letter to “Times,” Thursday June 16 (2016), re food and Brexit.

by Len Fisher | 16 Jun 2016 | Food & Gastronomy: Media and Writing, News, Stray Thoughts

At Theodore Zeldin’s suggestion, supported and promoted by Paul Levy, here is a letter that I and 59 others signed, with food-related reasons for Britain to stay firmly in the EU. Sir, As people engaged in the food world, concerned about the cultural,...

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