The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Prue Leith earns The Catalyst by sparking change through provocation and personal example rather than institutional power.
“In an NHS hospital because doctors are very nervous to give people too much morphine, which would still the pain, but it might also push them over the edge. And so they're frightened of being accused of being of murder. And so they restrict the amount of morphine they can have.”
“The time and I watched a woman in the tomb a couple of years ago and somebody stood up for her and said, you know, would you like me to see it? And she said, you know, what are you doing? Why? What do you think I am? Old? I mean, she was very aggressive about it.”
“My husband has a really good way of making sure the children come to see us. And he buys these really dangerous machines. You know, you see the little three-year-old driving a motorbike, and it's a proper little motorbike with an engine, and it's just two wheels, not on, no stabilizers. And this little kid goes zipping around.”
“I think that's probably right. I think that's probably right. I mean, I do think, yeah, Daniel does sound quite old-fashioned, but he really believes that the family is a unit we should support and community we should support communities and families and things should start from the bottom, not be, you know, we shouldn't have It shouldn't…”
Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy: “Prue Leith: How to grow old without fear”
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