Neil Morrissey has claimed working class actors often lose out on big roles to their ‘Oxbridge’ educated peers. Speaking with the Radio Times on Tuesday, the actor, 58, who grew up in a care home in Stoke-on-Trent, told how working class stars such as himself barely land big Global roles as Americans see Brits as ‘fey James Bond-ish types.’ … Read more
‘She was angry!’ Neil Morrissey reveals he got told off by The Night Manager’s director for cracking a joke during the read-through because she was ‘very, very serious’ By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 00:08 GMT, 23 March 2021 | Updated: 00:08 GMT, 23 March 2021 Neil Morrissey has revealed he was told off for … Read more
Helena Morrissey named chairman of AJ Bell: City superwoman and mother-of-nine will join broker’s board in July By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 01:15 GMT, 17 March 2021 | Updated: 01:15 GMT, 17 March 2021 Baroness Helena Morrissey has been named the new chairman of broker AJ Bell. The 55-year-old – dubbed a … Read more
‘I just cannot contemplate him coming back’: City superwoman Helena Morrissey slams Woodford’s return By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:03 GMT, 24 February 2021 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 24 February 2021 Helena Morrissey thinks Neil Woodford should not return to fund managing after the damage he caused. The 54-year-old ‘City superwoman’ declared: … Read more
‘If NHS waves you off with paracetamol, get ready to meet your maker’: Morrissey slams health service following death of his mother from cancer claiming doctors missed three chances to diagnose disease Former Smiths frontman blamed the NHS for his 82-year-old mother’s death He claimed NHS doctors missed a gallbladder cancer diagnoses three times Made … Read more
Walking through the City of London last week was an eerie and disturbing experience. This is an area I know well through my long career in finance. It is usually throbbing with life. Pavements are crowded, roads congested, offices packed, entrance doors in perpetual motion. Yet, on Monday afternoon, I felt as if I had … Read more
Dame Stephanie, First Lady of tech Dame Stephanie, First Lady of tech The most inspiring businesswoman I have encountered, bar none, is Dame Stephanie Shirley, a tech pioneer, philanthropist and champion of women at work. Now 86, she arrived in Britain as a five-year-old in 1939 in the Kindertransport of Jewish children fleeing the Nazis. … Read more
I was an anorexic who wanted to be four stone, says City supermum Dame Helena Morrissey with nine children Dame Helena Morrissey was interviewed for this week’s Desert Island Discs The ‘superwoman’ is one of only a few women to head an investment bank She said she struggled with anorexia as a teenager despite a … Read more
Women should not scrimp on style when they’re working from home, according to ‘City Superwoman’ Dame Helena Morrissey. ‘When it comes to working from home I think it’s best to have some ground rules,’ says the financier mum-of-nine. ‘Number one, no wearing PJs. Two: take time to do your hair and make-up as usual. ‘Three: … Read more