Molly Webb
Former Demos researcher
Molly Webb worked as a Demos researcher on science, technology and innovation from January 2005 - August 2007.
- My Darwin Valentine How could I have missed it?! While Hallmark stores everywhere hawked their chocolate hearts for Valentine's day, Darwin Day on February 12th, a celebration of 'science and humanity', slipped by as stealthily as some junk DNA.Of the hundreds of events from Cambridge to Kathmandu, I was sad to have missed the Phylum Feast in Ontario, Canada: "We celebrate Darwin's birthday with a potluck meal made up of as many kinds of organisms as possible, to remember our origin as omnivores and our... continue reading on 15th February 2005
- Democracy in the wilderness? Hyde Park is beautiful in the way of uniformly green, well-spaced trees and sculpted paths. Until you come to the bits that are slightly over-fowled or the construction areas and then you realise that wilderness might be more beautiful.The most exciting things are happening outside of the people who want to "control" and "invent" global institutions. They are happening in the space where individual practices and behaviour, language and cultural norms are changing, and amongst people who think... continue reading on 11th February 2005