Nicholas Boys Smith

Nicholas Boys Smith is a Londoner. He read history at Cambridge where he received a double first and an historical research MPhil with distinction. After an international career with McKinsey & Co and in finance, he founded and now runs the London-based social enterprise Create Streets. He has served as a Commissioner for Historic England and has a host of distinguished academic credentials. Alain de Botton has called his recent research: 'an artful recipe book for that most crucial of human...See more

Nicholas Boys Smith is a Londoner. He read history at Cambridge where he received a double first and an historical research MPhil with distinction. After an international career with McKinsey & Co and in finance, he founded and now runs the London-based social enterprise Create Streets. He has served as a Commissioner for Historic England and has a host of distinguished academic credentials. Alain de Botton has called his recent research: 'an artful recipe book for that most crucial of human achievements: good cities.' He has written for the Spectator, Evening Standard, Times, Sunday Times, Telegraph, The Critic, etc, and been interviewed across TV and radio. See less