While farming in the developing world has become more sophisticated through developments in chemicals, crop management and machinery, the mobile phone is at the forefront in bringing the latest 21st-century improvements to the poorest rural communities.
"As an actress, you go through developments in how you see your art: what you want to achieve, even how you think about it, changes," she said.
The first is: at a time of increasing development pressures, how aggressive should cities be in using eminent domain to push through developments?
From Cornwall to London, to Cardiff, Leeds and Northumberland, local authorities across England and Wales have been ignoring the Environment Agency's (EA) protests and waving through developments on flood-prone land.
"What makes it exciting at the moment is there are now so many new tools to help us, for example through developments in areas such as genetics and brain imaging".
With "a lot of opportunities arising through developments in mouse genetics," the number of animals used in research is likely to rise, according to Peatfield.
