Mad about Astaire
Politician, publisher, contributor to cultural and public life; his daughter Eliza shares stories of Mark Bonham Carter, Commonwealth Fund Fellow 1947-48Read More »
Reflections on Learning
Dr Mary Docherty reflects on how personal and professional learning interact in studying integrated healthcare for people with mental health needs.Read More »
A Year in the Life of a Livery Master
Edwina Moreton OBE (HF 1976-78) opens our eyes to the much misunderstood role of livery companies. Far from being professional lobby groups, they are, fundamentally, about giving back. She explains their role and her part as Master Trader in the educational and charitable work that the Livery undertakes.Read More »
Mediation in a Changing Climate: From Consensus to Confrontation
John Sturrock, HF 1984-5, founder and senior mediator of Core in Scotland suggests alternative ways to approach conflict resolution.Read More »
Happy Birthday Harry
Harrison Birtwhistle HF 1965-67 celebrated his 85th birthday at Dartington International summer School and FestivalRead More »
A Year Becomes Sixteen
Judy Digney, former trustee of HFA, reflects on highlights over her 16 years involvement with the charity.Read More »
Refugees at Home
Three years ago former HF Sara Nathan co-founded a hosting charity to offer rooms to refugees and asylum-seekers in the UK.Read More »
J.G.Farrell
The author remembers a writer whose life was cut short and a friendship that started as Harkness Fellows in the USRead More »
Who would be a Politician?
Chris Barnham and Bob Barr share how and why they became locally elected politicians.Read More »
Stuart Devlin: Designer, Goldsmith, Silversmith.
Stuart Devlin, (1931 to 2018) AO, CMG, was a Harkness Fellow from 1960 to 62 based at Columbia University. A conversation with Stuart’s wife Carole and her sister Victoria throws light on his fellowship and how they came to edit this masterpiece.Read More »

Features

Getting The Questions Right

Prof Pagel shares how she developed survey questions on key political issues

Maximising the Harkness Experience

Interview with Jerri Fosdick, former Organisation Development Consultant to the HF programme.

Smarter Urbanisation & Rapid Growth

Feature by Nicholas Falk, Harkness Fellow at Stanford Business School 1967-69.

Richard Hooper

Harkness Fellow, Richard Hooper’s wry observations on the Media.

Colin Blakemore

Even among the many eminent people to emerge from a Harkness Fellowship, it will be difficult to find a person who has collected more honours, awards and prizes than Colin Blakemore (Fellow 1965-68)

The Changing Face of a Harkness Fellowship

This article described the second major change to the Harkness Fellowships in 1996 when the focus changed to health.

Over 5 decades after becoming one of the world’s most famous rugby players, the Harkness Fellow who played for Harvard Business School’s School’s rugby team in 1967-69 was still sought after by the media.

Eleanor Francis

A Harkness Fellow in 1930s Berkeley – from California to Cambridge, Eleanor Francis wrote home describing the species ‘co-ed’.

Harkness & New York

Veronica Plowden, who travelled with her husband William Plowden to New York for three years, describes the first major change to the programme in 1988.

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