In the digital age of "overnight" success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.

Reality TV is anything but.

I just want things to work properly.

The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.

I think the search engines are the new equivalent of publishing: an enabler of information.

My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything.

Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.