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Five years on
In the five years since George Floyd's murder, it is legitimate to ask if anything has changed. The Guardian conducted a review of forty years of major reports into how to tackle racism in the UK to assess whether the over 600 recommendations made for changes in a
What is leadership in 2025?
I remember going on a course about leadership, it must be 15 or more years ago now, and one of the first exercises was for us to come up with examples of good leaders and discuss what good leadership looked like. Quite a lot of people said Nelson Mandela. Several
Seconds better than firsts?
What's been driving me forward this week and who I'm backing for Eurovision this year.
Equity in everywhere
Equity at the heart of charities.
Dangerous, demeaning and immoral
Trump 2.0's war on DEI
A jubilee, not a retirement?
Do the Spanish have a better word for retirement? Campaigning against ageism and 180 years of the cooperative movement.
End of year post
Another long and tiring year draws to a close. What next?
A good death
Considering end of life and good death.
Dusting ourselves down
The newsletter - back after a hiatus

Difficult conversations
The limitations of training and going backwards on LGBT+ rights