Caroline Fiennes
Director of Giving Evidence: helping donors make decisions based on sound evidence. (www.giving-evidence.com)
"Charmingly disruptive" - Nobel laureate Richard Thaler.
U.Cambridge visiting fellow. Former FT columnist.
Irrationally exuberant.
Church nerd.
- Congrats to the builders of Carlisle Cathedral, for creating what is apparently the nation's favourite cathedral window 🥳🥳 "...one of the largest and most complex examples of Flowing Decorated Gothic tracery in England." Enabled by philanthropy! - in 1359 👍🏽 englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/...
- In The Economist this week 🫣
- Oooh: excitingly(!), tomorrow sees the announcement of England's most popular cathedral window! (From amongst a mysteriously curated set 🤔) englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/...
- Saif Gaddafi is reportedly dead. Wasn't there a weird allegation that he plagiarised his Masters dissertation(?) from Matthew Bishop? - allegation emerged when Matthew was a senior writer at The Economist - of all bizarre things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp37g4xgkxdo
- The charity founded by Sarah Ferguson, Sarah's Trust, is closing. In 2021-22, its activity (costs) fell by ~99.5% to <£1k(!), and it now only has <£30k in the bank. Last year, it spent >triple its income, presumably looking to spend out & close:
