Fran Sanderson

Director of Arts & Culture Investment and Programmes at Nesta. Opinions my own. She/her

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

@BAFTACymru Fantastic news! Huge congrats to both parties :)

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

@mssophiaparker @JayEeeEnn @juderogers @antoniabance Elizabeth Strout, Alice Munro, Lorrie Moore, Lydia Davis all writers of forget-to-breathe levels of skill. And I loved Ann Patchett State of Wonder recently, totally absorbing and made me want to read more of hers. Of course Ursula K LeGuin (current for me!)

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

@rachelcoldicutt Reflected on this to the 14yo at (GoPuff) Wireless yesterday - "this represents a hell of a lot of future small and largely unnecessary deliveries... venture capital is what allows businesses to make a loss while 'in brand-building phase'"

[Nigel Huddleston MP @HuddlestonNigel]

Great to catch up with leaders from the social impact investing sector, where we discussed the journey so far and what lies ahead for this exciting market. @stephenmuers @BigSocietyCap @sebelsworth @si_access @SandersonFran @nesta_uk @GaryBMillar @gmcvo @DCMS @ImpactInvInst

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

Like all my chats with the remarkable polymath @Benyeohben, I enjoyed this very much. Please have a listen to this and his other interviews!

[Benjamin Yeoh @benyeohben]

Excellent chat with @SandersonFran Francesca Sanderson on impact investing, arts impact, social impact, creativity and what she learned living off-grid. https://t.co/ikJEYnvMSP

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

@praddenkeefe @WSJ Hurray! Can't wait. The way you build your rigorous research brick by brick into a narrative arc precision-engineered for entertainment is utterly masterful. Also loved Wind of Change!

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

@praddenkeefe @WSJ Have you recorded the audiobook? Am missing your company on my runs around South London after finishing Empire of Pain!

[Ana Ribeiro 💙 @anabl18]

The darkness of Boris Johnson: a psychologist on the prime minister's unpalatable personality traits - The Conversation UK https://t.co/gl8Ih9LvIN

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

@Gilesyb "State senator"

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

@EmRoseBaz <solidarity> "hang on a sec, I just have to email that link to myself"

[TOPIA Magazine 🍄 @worldofTOPIA]

As it's #CleanAirDay, we spoke to @LoveSsega about making a big noise when it comes to fighting toxic air, his #WeLiveAndBreathe free event in South London this Saturday – and his idea of utopia.

Who said art and culture can’t bring about change? →

https://t.co/w7rs25KzsR

[andrew kotting @AndrewKotting]

I just saw Andrew and Eden Kötting – Excuse me, can you help me please? I’m terribly worried. - Click to see also ☛ https://t.co/TqzjORmjiY

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

To great uncertainty and controversy, in 2007, Ljubljana closed 12 hectares of its city center to private cars. Just 40% of residents approved.

A decade later, no less than 97% were against reopening to motor traffic: “None of us can really imagine cars ever staging a comeback”.

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

@butwhatifitsall That is very sad and very beautiful x

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

@tuft21 @Smith227Steve @BBCRosAtkins @BBC6Music Exactly what I came to say!

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

@clarered Wish I could have! Bet it was a stormer x

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

@Lilydunnwriter Haha me too, I apologised to my team in advance for seeing a film without subtitles then REJOICED in thinking about nothing else for two hours. Glorious nonsense that we particularly need now.

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

@rid9way @KirkdaleBooks Ooh! My local bookshop and (due only to disorganisation and not a lack of enthusiasm) I haven't bought a copy yet. Serendipity!

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

@notajogger ...how easy (apparently) it is for those involved in the art of persuasion to convince themselves of the irrelevance of objective facts.

[Fran Sanderson @SandersonFran]

@notajogger It's my running (and everything) audiobook at the moment! Crucial and compelling - unbelievable how much of the value chain of pharma Arthur Sackler was able (legally) to control and how much of the Purdue playbook came from those early practices. And, like Theranos...