Meet... Mr Wales
The jump from getting a job to forging a successful career can be a difficult one. Emma Thomas talks to Cardiff’s self-made millionaire Nigel Roberts to find out how its done in the Welsh capital.
Nigel Roberts’ CV is an endless stream of Welsh pride.
His recent Ashes bid put Cardiff on the world map and as managing director of Paramount Interiors his company has an annual turnover over £12 million for 2006-2007: figures we debt ridden students can only dream of.
Alzheimer’s Awareness
Alzheimer’s disease is progressive, fatal and has no current cure. Ceri Isfryn finds out the facts on a disease that is predicted to be an epidemic by the time today’s student population is drawing their pension
If ever there was an acceptable night for a student to stay in and watch trashy TV, it has to be Tuesday. So imagine my surprise when last Tuesday the BBC showed one of the most moving documentaries I have ever seen, which left my macho flatmate and I bawling.
One Life: Mum and Me was all about a daughter and granddaughter’s relationship with a woman who has Alzheimer’s. It particularly struck home for me as my own grandmother is in a similar situation, and sadly the reality seems to be that, like cancer, it creeps into everybody’s lives at some point or another.
Why science doesn't sell
Neil Young reviews the relationship between journalism and science and critically assesses the reliability of the facts which appear within the media
Archie Cochrane. Does that name mean anything to you? It should. His work, which largely took place in Cardiff where he was a Professor at the University of Wales School of Medicine, has probably saved more lives than that of any other doctor.
Not only was he a brilliant scientist, he was also a genuine war hero. After dropping out of medical school to join the International Brigade and fight in the Spanish Civil War, he served with the Medical Corps during WWII, was captured in Greece and spent four years in German POW camps as a medical officer, treating fellow prisoners of all nationalities. The suffering he and other prisoners endured guided his work and desire to ensure the highest standards of evidence were applied to medical science.
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