In the second of our monthly ‘behind the scenes’ episodes, we meet Liam Rees. Liam has created a new play inspired by historical conman Gregor McGregor – the man who sold bonds to a country that didn’t exist. It just happens that we have one of these phony bonds in our collection, so it was a delight to welcome Liam to the library this month for a chat. We’ve also included a clip from the subsequent panel discussion about narrative economics, where Liam is joined by Robbie Mochrie (Associate Professor Heriot Watt University), Andrew Milligan (Former Head of Global Strategy, Standard Life Investments) and our very own Keeper, Professor Russell Napier.
We also hear from Didasko’s CEO, David Clarke, who has been on tour with the library to our annual Hay Festival event this month. And we’ll catch up with Leonie Griffin and Catriona Scott from ‘Leaver’s Money Skills’, chat to our new intern Alona, and get an insight to the collection from our librarian Helen Williams.
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