An extract from Chapter 6 of Permission Granted: A Call-to-Action Playbook for Women Entrepreneurs by Professor Maura McAdam. Published March 2026 Maura McAdam, PhD, is a professor, researcher, coach, and accredited NLP Master Practitioner. For over two decades, she has translated her globally recognised research on entrepreneurship and leadership into…
An extract from 40 Motoring Heroes: Pioneers, Inventors, Mavericks, and Game Changers Percy Shaw: One for The Road Having a pub named after you is an aspiration for some people. Certainly, it’s not a bad epitaph. Nell Gwyn, Charlie Chaplin, John Fielding VC (of the Boer War’s Rorke’s Drift fame),…
An extract from 40 Motoring Heroes: Pioneers, Inventors, Mavericks, and Game Changers Charles F Kettering: The Second Edison At the beginning of the 20th century, motor cars were rudimentary in many ways. In 1900, when Theodore Roosevelt became the first US President to use one, he took extreme measures. He…