Andy Scott

Andy Scott has greeted people in more than sixty countries. He earned his PhD in history from Cambridge University. He has since served as a diplomat in Libya and Sudan and been a consultant to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and is now a Conflict and Stabilisation Adviser in the UK Government.

Andy Scott's Titles

One Kiss or Two? The Art and Science of Saying Hello

One Kiss or Two?

Every encounter begins with a greeting, and different cultures have developed innumerable ways of showing pleasure at someone’s arrival. Humans...


One Kiss or Two? The Art and Science of Saying Hello

One Kiss or Two?

Humans have been greeting each other for thousands of years. It should be the most straightforward thing in the world, but this seemingly simple...