Personal Life
In 1973, Winston married Lira Helen Feigenbaum (now The Lady Winston). They have three children. He is a fan of Arsenal Football Club. He is a council member of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Athenaeum Club in London.
Winston gives 20–30 public lectures a year on scientific subjects and has helped to promote science literacy and education by founding the Reach Out Laboratory in Imperial College. In 2009, he delivered a talk at Chosen Hill School in Cheltenham after the school sponsored the Cheltenham Science Festival. He owns a classic 1930s Bentley.
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