Dr Eliza Filby is a historian, author and expert on generational changes in society. She is the author of
God and Mrs Thatcher: The Battle for Britain’s Soul and
Generation Shift. Her writing has been published in
The Times,
The Guardian, the
Financial Times and the
New Statesman, amongst other publications. In 2022, she was awarded the Europa Forum’s Millennial Leaders Award for her research on generations. She has taught at the University of Warwick, King’s College London and Renmin University, Beijing, and sits on the board at Mission Group as a non-executive director. She is the host of the
It’s All Relative podcast and author of the popular #MajorRelate newsletter. She grew up in Tooting, south London, where she still lives with her husband and two children.
Many of us grew up believing in a meritocracy, where hard work brings rewards. Go to university, get a job, put in the hours and things will be OK. That's what we were told – but the reality is that life chances and opportunities are no longer shaped by what we learn or earn but...
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