Lucy Bannerman
Reporter at The Times
Reporter, feature writer and children's book critic at The Times. Dundonian. Author of 'Sour', the memoir of a girl gangster, published by HarperCollins.
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2 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Lucy Bannerman
Why is breakfast cereal magnetic? How does sand help you to see? Why did that German guy try to turn wee into gold and what did he find instead? Elements of the Day doesn’t just blast off soon-to-be-forgotten facts about the periodic table. It tells the story of chemical elements in our everyday lives by fusing them with the daily, domestic moments that will be familiar to every child. It’s a clever formula — and an effective one.
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2 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Lucy Bannerman
Imagine writing a story, which became a beloved book series, which became a publishing juggernaut, which became a $1.7 billion film franchise, which then morphed into the star attraction of a new Florida theme park — the first new theme park to open in the US in 24 years. What would you do upon firing through those theme park gates?
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2 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Lucy Bannerman
Abba’s Bjorn Ulvaeus has revealed that he is writing a musical with the assistance of artificial intelligence, saying that “it’s like having another songwriter in the room”. The Swedish musician and songwriter struck a different note from many other music industry veterans in his belief that AI was a “fantastic” and “powerful collaborator”, rather than a force to be feared.
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3 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Lucy Bannerman
Britain should embrace a future of AI doctors, nurses and even teachers or risk being left behind in the biggest upheaval since the Industrial Revolution, Sir Tony Blair has said. The former prime minister said that fears over artificial intelligence should be outweighed by the “absolutely transformative” impact it could have on public services by saving time and cutting costs.
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3 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Lucy Bannerman
Rivers have long provided action in children’s literature, such as Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson to Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, but I don’t remember a river that feels quite like this.
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