Weekend Reading
Writing worth reading - 28th/29th December 2024
John Lewis chair Sharon White: ‘I always ask, what’s the upside? by Martin Wolf
“…I had asked Robert to tell me something about her that nobody knew. His reply was that she was in the same 4x100m relay team as the British Olympian Sally Gunnell in the early 1980s. White explains that she reached 5ft 10in (her adult height) at the age of 10 and found running easy. But that was the peak of her athletic career. She still runs. But now it is jogging for an hour, twice a week…”
“That’s why I created The Motherload report. Part essay, part survey of 200+ women, it’s a raw and unflinching look at the realities of motherhood in advertising. This isn’t a plea for sympathy; it’s a demand for change. Because when agencies drive out their most experienced, creative talent, everyone loses.…”
How Tech Billionaires Became the G.O.P.’s New Donor Class by Jonathan Mahler Ryan Mac and Theodore Schleifer
“In the years since the 2020 election, though, Musk had been following a number of his friends in the tech industry — some dating back to his earliest days in the business, when he helped found the company that became PayPal — on a journey to some of the more baroque regions of the far right. He was becoming increasingly outspoken about his views but had less to say about the daily scrum of partisan politics. He had quietly given more than $50 million to fund advertising campaigns attacking Democrats in the 2022 midterms, The Wall Street Journal has reported, and in 2023 he donated $10 million to an outside group that helped fund the presidential bid of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Now he seemed open to doing a lot more.…”
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