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  • Silence over lamb: The terrible politics of the dinner table

    Life&Style

    Why is the dinner table the setting for so many epic family battles? Anna Wolfe explores the psychology of dining and asks if boomers and Gen-Z are destined to clash over roast potatoes Sunday lunch, a cherished ritual where families gather to share a meal, exchange pleasantries, and, more often than not, step into a conversational [...]

    A bare table is merely a battlefield without any soldiers (picture by Brina Blum)
  • Criticising ‘wealth hoarding boomers’ is ageist stereotype, MPs warn

    Politics

    Criticism of older people as “wealth hoarding boomers” is a form of ageist stereotyping, a report by MPs has warned. Ageism is “widespread and culturally embedded” in the UK and discrimination laws are currently “failing” older people, the MPs have said. The Women and Equalities Committee of MPs concluded the UK has a “pervasively ageist [...]

    Reeves is reportedly considering a range of property taxes
  • Gen Z can’t use pens and Boomers are too slow: The office as a generational battleground

    battleground

    Gen Xers (born 1965-1980) and Millennials (born 1981-1996) are the biggest groups in the workplace, accounting for over a third of employees. Around

    ver half of workers over 50 are annoyed by younger colleagues’ lack of traditional tools like pens.

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