Anniversaries of big events can be useful reminders of the changes that have taken place during lifetimes, or over centuries. I must admit to having been quite shocked to find out that women were only allowed into the House of Lords in 1958. I also hadn’t been aware that when women were granted the vote in 1918, they had to be over 30 to exercise that right! Right now, I’m asking a few fellow peers their views on the anniversaries of women’s participation in the political sphere with a view to writing an article for a newspaper: I’m looking forward to reading the results.
I had a long discussion about leadership today, particularly in the cultural sector which is my area of professional interest. Notions of leadership are of importance in many areas: are we changing leadership styles? What are the different ways of thinking about what leadership is and might be? Do we get the leaders we deserve?
