A few weeks ago the BBC appointed a new chair, Richard Sharp, to oversee the corporation’s board. I would like to share a secret with the new chair, if he is reading and with Mirror readers today.
I don’t like the word “diversity”. I know that sounds completely crazy because just the other day, a book I co-wrote with campaigner and academic Marcus Ryder was published called Access All Areas – A Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond.
That’s right, even my latest book has the word “diversity” in the title. But I really dislike the word, and here is why… When it comes to the UK and the worlds of film, television and newspapers something is horribly wrong.
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