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I've also worked as a journalist and as a consultant at leading newspapers, including the New Statesman, the Daily Mirror, The Independent and The Daily Beast. I've also been a regular newspaper reader and writer, regularly on the BBC's 'Hannah and the Observer' programme and my own website. I've written over 50 books and have hosted a number of webinars. In my spare time I've hosted workshops on the arts, science and technology, and have produced a few video tutorials for young people. As an independent, I have to ask, what has all this been like for you? I've been living in a relatively quiet, relatively well-off area of Manchester for the past 30 years, where my family lives in the suburbs and I can't really say much about how I feel about the whole thing. I'm happy to be back home, albeit a bit on the quiet side. It's been a good year, but there's still a lot of work to do. I've been working on a book on business and business strategy and a series of books on government and industry. I'm also working on a new book, The Great Gatsby: How Entrepreneurship Works – which I want to publish in October. What have you been up to? I've only been up to four years, but I'm hoping that by this time in my life I'll have had as much time as I can spend reading about business as I could. I've enjoyed the way in which I've been able to see a lot of young people, particularly young people who are passionate about business and their interests, as well as the fact that they're not necessarily in the business sector. My own experience is that it's much easier to see things around you than it is to see something that you wouldn't normally be able to see. I've got a lot of friends and family who have experienced how life and business are managed and managed very well. What do you think of the recent financial crash? I think it's been a good year for business and I think it's been a good year for entrepreneurialism and entrepreneurship. The fact is though, it's not that bad