Many of the greatest composers and musicians do their best work in extreme confinement but we are seeing it in other fields - uses of technology to link people together in networks to solve problems and almost certainly we'll get better ideas than we would from them just doing it on their own.

Teenagers learn best by doing things, they learn best in teams and they learn best by doing things for real - all the opposite of what mainstream schooling actually does.

The longer you commute the less happy you're likely to be.

The most dynamic cities have always been immersed in the critical innovations of their time.

Everyone knows of great projects that were too dependent on a charismatic individual, or simply too expensive to be replicated.

There are hardly any apprenticeships in care; hardly any schools preparing teenagers for jobs in care; and few signs that politicians know what to do to raise the status and rewards for what will soon be one of our most important industries.

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.