Double acts are hard to pull off. They require trust, communication, clarity and credibility. They need not only the duo involved but also the audience to believe that both partners are truly necessary: that they couldn’t be getting the same value for half the investment. There is always the risk that one partner will decide [...]
Following the news that just four of the twenty-three new Cabinet ministers are women, the political world has continued to make quite clear just where it thinks a woman’s place should be. Of the five likely candidates for the Labour leadership, exactly none are women. While women appear to be allowed to assume the role [...]
Just back from a trip to Dublin, thankfully not scuppered by the Dastardly Ash Cloud of Doom because I was travelling by ferry and therefore get to feel smug on two counts, both for choosing a greener form of travel and for not spending my weekend ranting at a TV camera in an airport. Anyway, [...]