September 2013

A Video interview with Lord Puttnam and Michael Cullen can be found below.

Part of Speech from the Shark Awards 2013.

"As the long-time President of UNICEF in the UK I’m keenly aware that this whole issue of our approach to intellectual property has enormous implications for our relationship with the developing world.

The sharing of creativity and knowledge must be at the heart of any policy designed to promote development on the broader international stage.

I’m not at all comfortable with the idea that, in a sustainably interdependent world, any one nation could or should seek to advance at the expense of others.

Any nation pursuing that policy is likely to quickly discover that such a strategy is, in the long-run, self defeating.

It could also be represented as veering uncomfortably close to a new form neo-colonialism."

Richard Whitehead watching Chariots of Fire Paralympic star Richard Whitehead is letting his love of movies run away with him … by watching Chariots of Fire and inspirational film chases as he jogs 1,000 miles.

The gold medallist is running 40 marathons in 40 days, from John O’Groat’s to Land’s End, behind a van with a 50-inch plasma screen.

Richard, 37, said the films will “help me over some serious hills.”

The double leg amputee, of Nottingham, hopes the run will would raise £1million for Sarcoma UK and Scope.

At the London 2012 Paralympics, he not only stormed home to 200m gold but also to a world record.

He is the current world record holder for leg amputees in both the half and Olympic marathon distances.

He is also the first ever leg amputee to complete the marathon in under three hours.

“You have to believe in yourself to achieve your goals in life and it’s important to reflect on what you’ve done and keep pushing yourself,” he said.

* Richard Whitehead's fundraising page can be found here.

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