Coffee Number 1: The PhD

Photo courtesy of some guy on Facebook who took it

Charlie Schoonman is reading for a PhD at the University of Cambridge about something to do with Geophysics. I’ve forgotten what but I promise you it will “rock” *sniggers*. She decided to forego the coffee option in favour of a cup of tea and her favourite Beatle is George Harrison “because he wrote the best songs of the three” (note the implicit exclusion of Ringo). We met at the Round Cafe in Cambridge and we ended up discussing the behaviour and mindset of those who went to Oxbridge. The results were relatively inflammatory…

Prologue: The Author

Look at him, all smart and stuff

George Osborn is a writer, app marketer and person who has existed on this earth for roughly 24 years (give or take an appropriate time unit). He’s the founder of The 30 Coffee Project and is embarking on a quest in 2014 to meet 30 random people for warm drinks in return for advice, enlightenment and schedule filling. His favourite Beatle is John Lennon and his drink of choice is a Decaffienato Lungo from the Nescafe range. The poseur.

This piece is an in depth interview conducted by Blunt George, one facet of the Author’s Psyche; the results of which were a little odd to say the least…