You couldn’t be more European than Astrazeneca. Pascal Soriot, the chief executive, is French, Leif Johansson, the chairman, is Swedish, Marc Dunoyer, the finance director, is also French while its management team and top scientists include people from Spain, Italy, Holland and Britain, to name just a few countries. Its corporate HQ and global research … Read more
I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! champion Giovanna Fletcher has revealed being bullied inspired her to become a ‘more compassionate’ person. The mother-of-three, 35, said her own experience with bullies ‘shaped her’ into a kinder individual, and motivated her to enrol in theatre school, where she met her now-husband Tom Fletcher. Giovanna won … Read more
A woman who self-harmed after she was told she would never get a boyfriend because of her race has defied the bullies by entering Miss England. Taylor Thomas, 23, from Warwickshire, was driven to self harm at just 13 after her peers bullied her for years, repeatedly saying she would never be loved because of … Read more
More used to talking about war than fighting one, TV historian Neil Oliver says lately he has felt like he’s in ‘the Ypres Salient in the First World War’, fighting skirmish after skirmish. The area in Belgium was the scene of some of the Western Front’s fiercest battles and, recently, the 53-year-old presenter has found … Read more
Homophobic men who exhibit toxic masculinity traits are more likely to be bullies who are violent and carry out sexual harassment, a study has suggested. Researchers from the US used data from 3,600 men and a new scale of harmful masculinities to explore how toxic masculinity can impact health and society. The team found ‘macho’ men … Read more
Janet Devlin has spoken out to defend her X Factor co-star Misha B, in light of her recent claims that she was wrongfully accused of bullying. The 25-year-old singer, who appeared alongside Misha, 28, on the show back in 2011, has revealed that she was ‘upset’ when the Birmingham native was accused by judge Tulisa … Read more