Why a new beginning? Well tomorrow I get to hear that my job will close and I will join the 650 others in the BBC World Service losing their jobs. OK. For probably the past five years I have wanted to either reduce my full time hours or take redundancy to achieve a better balance in my life. Now the prospect is quite frightening and very sad. I walked into Bush House aged 18 twenty five years ago next month, and it has been my main employer ever since. I believe in the journalism it stands for and the service it provides. What I haven’t enjoyed is how poorly managed it has become. Journalists don’t make good managers.
And now Too Many Cooks. A new way forward. My passions for food, cooking, eating & thinking about food. Along side growing food to eat. Feeding children to make them grow. And Cornwall…..