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I SAT for eight hours on Wednesday glued to the TV screen watching Nicola Sturgeon give her answers to the Holyrood committee. My eight hours of watching was nothing compared to the eight hours Nicola endured of intensive cross-examination, some of which degenerated into the absurd self-righteous Tory party political broadcast from Margaret Mitchell. The unintended consequence that cross-party committee delivered, to which I thank them, is that it shows: Scotland, in First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, is being led by a stateswoman. She has tenacity and courage. She has strength and compassion. Scotland, it has been confirmed, has in Nicola a leader the people can be proud of – and that says a lot in this dysfunctional world.
Do you mind? How agency heads hope to support employee mental health through the pandemic As the coronavirus pandemic continues its grip on the world, the ‘second pandemic’ of resulting ill mental health pervades. With no definite end to lockdown restrictions in sight and virtual working the new norm – how is the advertising industry supporting its workers for the foreseeable future?
The advertising industry has long been infamous for its stressors – with long hours, tight deadlines, high client expectations, and stiff competition among the identifiable marks of the trade – it is “notorious for employee burnout,” says Ewen MacPherson, group chief people officer at Havas UK.
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Rebecca FRONT says acting in The Thick of It has given her more empathy for politicians dealing with the pandemic. Front, 56, says playing the fictional MP Nicola Murray made her realise “they’ve got an impossible job to do”. Nonetheless, she still finds herself “screaming at the television screen”. The actress, who is promoting the JustOneBook campaign, which sends book gifts to vulnerable children, tells us: “There is that danger that we all think we know how to sort this out… Almost certainly in my head I am an epidemiologist now. I know nothing, I haven’t even got a GCSE in physics.”