Explaining the work of Elinor Ostrom, who became the first female recipient of the Nobel in economics this morning.
To counter these attitudes, he has begun opening the barn to visitors, and has produced a video for YouTube to explain the work of a modern pig farmer.
Senior judges like the lord chief justice make regular appearances before select committees to explain the work of the courts, but parliamentary involvement in senior judicial appointments is still seen as a step too far.
In public, he often uses the language of business to explain the work of government: the civil service is "a net exporter of ideas" to foreign bureaucracies; "ministers are customers for our advice"; official reports are "product".
But when she begins explaining the work of the National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI) and her 30 years as a member - the last two of which she has spent as chair - Gill turns many preconceived notions on their head.
The video, created by the filmmakers Aida Elkashef and Salam Yousry, uses disturbing overhead images of a crowd of men swarming around a woman being assaulted just out of view to explain the work of Op Anti-SH, one of two new initiatives to combat the sexual harassment and rape of female protesters.
Three days later, on the Saturday before the awards ceremony, Channel 4 broadcast "The Turner Prize Challenge," a half-hour reality program, produced by the Tate, in which four contestants — two students, an accountant, and an art teacher — competed against one another to explain the work of the four nominated artists to the general public.
