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Nearly 80,000 students accessed treatment for mental health issues in 2016-17. Rethink?
It was an old adage for many years that “youth is wasted on the young”. In my day – and my generation was privileged to be invested in – we enjoyed our youth – most especially our student days and early career days. Life was not too serious, not carefree – we experimented, failed, laughed and took risks with little fail of failure.
The uneasy balance of passion, craft and expectation in work
I would argue that over the last three months, I have met more stressed, under pressure executives seeking something more from their work lives than at any period in the last twenty five years. At the same time, I find often a level of personal satisfaction and positivity from those that focus on delivering a real craft – culinary, sporting, and artistic.
From Hotel General Manager to African Street Food Operator
“The UK is on the brink of an African food revolution” – the words of Kwashie Gbedemah, Director of URBANOKA, who only 18 months ago was a Hotel General Manager in London. EP spoke to the adventurous entrepreneur to find out why he swapped the corporate life for one which is very different.
Making Lemonade – Putting food back at the heart of culture
It can at times feel like we are gazing undivided into the future. A tedium fear of the unknowing where technological development continues at exponential rates, the prospect of food inflation, the B-word, rising mental health and falling productivity. But moving away from what may or may not happen, is it more important to highlight the importance of great food?