The age of austerity is nearly over. After eight long years, we aren’t having to borrow to pay for day-to-day spending on essentials like health, education, policing or defence. It’s all funded by our taxes, at last. We’re paying our way without maxing out the national credit card. Hooray! But…
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Nelson Mandela said that education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world, and he was right. In today’s global knowledge economy, high-quality skills aren’t just the engines of Britain’s wealth and growth; they give each of us choices about what kind of life we…
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As a beekeeper I’ve learnt that for a hive to thrive, bees need to be in the right location and to support, and collaborate with, each other. Businesses, as it turns out, are pretty much the same if the (appropriately named) Hive in Weston is anything to go by. Last…
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This article was first published by The Sunday Telegraph on 26th May 2019. Now the Prime Minister has announced she is standing down, its clear that Downing Street will have a new tenant sometime fairly soon. What kind of person should they be? Firstly, they’ve got to be a healer.…
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