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My career path has been somewhat unconventional. It doesn’t fit into neat boxes. There have been overlapping roles, ventures and side projects that can’t be plotted in a simple, linear way. I’ve alway...

25 likes, 4 comments - still_herestillme on January 2, 2026: "“I urge you - make the most of those times.” One thing that I’m reminded of in my cancer journey is this: make the most of those times in...

[FREE TO READ] Churches and community groups in Northallerton provide food, clothing and company for refugee families

How do you bring more of You into how you lead? I’ve been working with leaders for a long time and that’s a question that continues to fascinate me. So I decided to get curious. In ‘How To Lead as Yo...

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After I graduated from university I began a full-time career as a ‘runner’ in a TV production company. A runner didn’t just run videotapes around London, although ferrying tapes and packages on foot t...

I was really struck by something the journalist Lyse Doucet - who is the BBC's Chief International Correspondent - said at the Financial Times Weekend Festival recently. She said people often ask...

My friend Bree has a new book out this week called Today Was Fun . It’s a brilliant read on reframing our relationship with work. Here’s a little Q&A with her: ‘What's the problem with work that...

Pulitzer-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen on the ‘migrant invasion’ that wasn’t — and the real meaning of America’s second-biggest city

I’ve been thinking a lot about kinship lately. I’ve been thinking about the people who show up—not just when things are easy, but when the weight of the world is heavy in the chest.

The government’s new policy will take us back to an uglier, more dangerous place – and it’s not even supported by the data, says professor of public policy Jonathan Portes