What’s your earliest memory? On my first day at preschool I sobbed my heart out. A taxi picked me up at the end of our road. Another four-year-old, Simon Cussons, was already on board. Simon remained a friend for the rest of his life. Who are your heroes? As a child I was a junior member of Lancashire County Cricket Club and my hero was fast bowler Brian Statham. My adult hero is my late wife, Alex, who always got a buzz from helping others. What book last changed your thinking? It has to be
The Nordstrom Way by Robert Spector and Patrick D McCarthy, about a US department store chain. The management chart is upside down: that told me how to run our business.
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11:30 AM April 21, 2021
Emily Gillbanks was awarded the de Laszlo Foundation Prize for her artwork in the Mall Galleries
- Credit: Rosie Stanley
Suffolk schooled Emily Gillbanks has been awarded the top prize and £1,500 at the Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition after her work was showcased at the Mall Galleries.
The former Thomas Gainsborough School student won the prestigious de Laszlo Foundation Prize and the money which is awarded to the best artwork from a life by an artist aged 35 or under featured at the Mall Galleries show.
The Royal Society of British Artists exhibition where Miss Gillbanks work was shown, boasts just over 100 of the UK’s top painters, sculptors and printmakers as members, all possessing the highest level of skill in their chosen styles and media.
PLANS: Wychavon Cllrs Dan Boatright, Adrian Hardman, Ed Cohen, Julie Tucker and Liz Tucker CONTROVERSIAL changes to the planning system in which the public won t have their say at meetings, could be devastating group of councillors has warned. An open letter signed by town, district and county councillors from across Worcestershire has been published, arguing the government’s plans would see as many s 28,000 new homes built, harming the county’s green spaces. Organised by countryside charity CPRE, 24 councillors from Worcestershire, including from Worcester, Malvern and Wychavon have signed the letter, joining more than 2,000 from the rest of the country.