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

If you didn't have patents, no one would bother to spend money on research and development. But with patents, if someone has a good idea and a competitor can't copy it, then that competitor will have to think of their own way of doing it. So then, instead of just one innovator, you have two or three people trying to do something in a new way.

China can and will be an invaluable trading partner to both the U.S. and the U.K.

Cordless vacuums are designed for quick jobs, but you need enough power to do the job; you don't want the power waning over time.

Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.

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

Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back long-term from increased exports.