Weekend Reading
Writing worth reading - 29th/30th July 2023
Losing a Brother in Martin Amis by Ian McEwan
“Martin was a very serious reader, right to the end. In his final months, he read the complete works of Edith Wharton. He wrote two weeks ago to say that he could no longer read with a pencil in his hand.....”
Every big business needs its own Chief Political Officer by Camilla Cavendish
“Talking to executives at corporate conferences in the US and UK, it strikes me that no single leader can be across all the challenges. Instead, big companies need something like a Chief Political Officer. Not some political has-been, peddling a list of contacts which will expire when their party loses office.....”
What’s the problem with men? by Isabel Berwick
“This loss puts even more pressure on work — but it is a more complicated place to meet people and develop deep friendships because of the issues around status and power in workplaces. Male friendships especially can be hard to navigate, Max says. “The sort of hyper-masculine traits that can block intimacy in friendships — aggressiveness, performative stoicism — can become exaggerated in a competitive workplace….”