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The Right Honourable Viscount Ridley

Honorary President

Matt Ridley is a distinguished author and science journalist. His books, including The Rational Optimist and The Evolution of Everything, have sold over a million copies, been translated into 31 languages and won several awards. His TED talk When Ideas Have Sex has been viewed more than two million times. He writes a weekly column in The Times (London) and writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal.

The Right Honourable Viscount Ridley is a Centre for Life Honorary President

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