Remember, Remember

Ed Cooke studied psychology and philosophy for five years in Oxford, Paris and Sydney before pursuing his interest in writing about and teaching ancient memory techniques for modern audiences.

Ed first began studying the arts of memory when 18- when he read some books by Dominic O’Brien and, subsequently, by Mary Carruthers, and has since explored their application to the learning of all sorts of things, academic and practical. He has concentrated particularly on extending ancient memory techniques to the particular demands of a variety of student subjects: including medicine, law, psychology, philosophy, classics, modern languages and history.

Ed currently gives lectures to school children around the country on a program run by Aimhigher, a government body that works to encourage more children to consider going to university.

Ed competes periodically in memory competitions, and was 7th in last year’s World Memory Championships. In France, he occasionally turns up on TV.

Ed writes about memory- often for the Times on a Thursday, you can see his various articles here. His book Remember, Remember is a demonstration of these memory techniques in action.