On Saturday 4 May, the Maldon Vintage Machinery and Museum hosts TEDxMaldon with a range of incredible speakers from near and far. They include Brian Nankervis, Katie Underwood, Jane Caro, Christine Nixon, Brad Hooper, Rosalie Hastwell, Nerrida Johnson, our Youth Victorian Governor Kaitlin Woolford, Christine Gordon and Isis Jordan. The theme is the Brave and the Brilliant.

This week the Times caught up with Christine Gordon, who is the Prog