Only if white = totally white and black = even a little bit black. (View Post)

I'd suggest that the top 10000 most powerful people in Britain are more racially diverse than any other large country in the world except perhaps Brazil. Non-white people haven't been in Br… (View Post)

I'm pretty supportive of anyone bypassing university. Learning stuff is important. But university is rarely the optimum way to do it. (View Post)

Yes, true. And I'll backpedal further: even if volunteering doesn't provide terribly good value for the overall balance sheet, there is more to value than that. Holding events where people … (View Post)

It wasn't that formal - people just did it. I don't think anyone bothered with any paperwork. I do share your reticence about volunteering, though. I work for a public sector organisation w… (View Post)