A lot of people in government don't really read books at all.

One effect of an individualistic culture that's poor at instilling mutual respect is that people jump more quickly to anger or violence.

Lots of creativity is and should be solitary.

Bangalore has become a centre for healthcare.

Governments that invest billions in new hardware still find it hard to accept that they might benefit just as much from systematic innovation in such things as child development or cutting crime.

I didn't much like being in Parliament physically. I found it a bit depressing. It's very dark and heavy. I like being out and about.

Science is, rightly, searching for drugs to arrest ageing or to slow the advance of dementia. But the evidence suggests that many of the most powerful factors determining how you age come from what you do, and what you do with others: whether you work, whether you play music, whether you have regular visitors.