Hannah Cook
Staff Writer
Discipline: African Studies
Research Interests: Accountability, transparency and participation in international development, NGO operations, microfinance, Malawi
If you were a box of cereal what would you be and why: Muesli without raisins. Not as any representation of my personality, just to use the opportunity to make the point that some people like muesli but don’t like raisins, and have spent a disproportionate amount of time picking raisins out of packets of muesli.
What did you want to be when you grew up: Chancellor of the Exchequer
Where are you right now: In my office, looking out over Blackford Hill
Tell us something about another staff writer: Alice and Becky regularly play ‘Hide the Badger’
Elections present a valuable opportunity for groups to have their agendas heard by influential figures, and among such groups are, controversially, charities.