Maybe it’s the lifelong student within me, but I’ve always had an affinity for college campuses and feel that the new year starts in September rather than in January.   So there was little doubt that a visit to Harvard was going to be on the itinerary on my recent visit to Boston.

A short ride from the centre of Boston via the subway and you’re in Cambridge, a world that feels far different than the fifteen minute trip it took to get there.   Here I am standing just outside one of the majestic sets of gates allowing entrance to Harvard Yard:

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