By: Eliza Filby

Dr Eliza Filby is a historian of generations and author of the Sunday Times bestseller Inheritocracy. She writes a monthly column for City AM and is a sought-after speaker, advising global brands and institutions including Google, McDonald’s and PwC on trends shaping how we live, work and consume.

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As the middle classes rush to degree apprenticeships, poorer British kids miss out

May 9, 2023

Degree apprenticeships create a rare species of child - an economically independent 21-year-old, but as middle class parents discover this, they become harder to access for poor British kids, writes Eliza Filby.
I won’t be crying any tears for the end of the office romance and neither should you

February 14, 2023

The office romance is not the Gen Z preference. Should we mourn it? Not really. It only means we're getting better at separating work and personal life, writes Eliza Flby
Women looking out for Gen Z at work are being burnt out by being a ‘Team Mum’

February 6, 2023

Workplace politics has changed over the last few years, but the Team Mum’s are still there and looking out for Generation Z, writes Eliza Filby.
Long read: the office, pay cuts, promotions and cities. Transcending the gender gap post-pandemic

August 14, 2021

Cabinet ministers and CEOs are falling over themselves trying to bark us back into the office. Some are even threatening to cut our pay if we move too far away, but their sledgehammer approach is not winning converts, especially amongst women. Over the course of sixteen months of remote work, many of us have felt [...]

Don’t underestimate the free trade agreement Britain just joined

Strauss becomes first dedicated Champions League referee sponsor

What to do in London this autumn, from festivals to art and theatre

By: Eliza Filby

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