“I remember aeons ago, when I was working for the Financial Times, I di...” — Cathy Newman Quote

I remember aeons ago, when I was working for the Financial Times, I discovered that a male reporter the same age as me but in a more junior role was getting paid 10,000 more than me. I challenged the boss class, and was told 'you don't have a mortgage or a family.'

I love history but was taught badly at school.

Dyads are intense but fragile. The perks of mutual dependency can, in a split second, become pitfalls. Finding the right balance takes time and patience. You need to assert yourself, but not too much; compromise, but not to the point where you cancel each other out.

Life on Capitol Hill is hard and demanding. It is normal to work from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. and in fact most key decisions are taken outside 'normal' business hours.

I'm so into the Boss and who he is, and I've read all his books, and I've watched every DVD, and I love every bit of his music: I would hate for, like, something to happen and ruin it for me. You know what I mean?

There's a guy I used to pay to work with me who'd call me 'kiddo.' I said, 'There's nothing that justifies you expressing that to me, your boss.'

Neoliberalism has left Britain's boss classes drunk on triumphalism, paying themselves record salaries and bonuses while their workers are imprisoned by poverty and insecurity. It was never going to last.

I do like being my own boss, but if I'm gonna have somebody tell me what to do, Derek is the one.