Will Smith’s behaviour at the Oscars has prompted a rash of writing, it has urged me to share something of my own story and thinking too. In the era I was brought up, what we now call domestic violence was far more common. Sometimes it was even seen as an ordinary and appropriate part of parenting. After seven years in…
What do you see? The grey head or the blue wings? (This is a grey headed kingfisher.) Recently I attended a talk about diversity and inclusion as part of a conference, the panellists did not mention age. Gender, race, LGBT were all rightly mentioned, but not age. Worse still, at Q&A, I didn’t have the courage to mention age…
Multiple grey headed white men, including quite a few Bid Directors, were told time and time again about the need for greater diversity in rail infrastructure at a High Speed 2 conference I recently attended. (HS2 will be the largest infrastructure project in Europe, taking high speed rail to the north of England, increasing speed and capacity). It was a…