Lucy Kellaway’s mother died suddenly and unexpectedly. In her shock and grief Kellaway decided she didn’t want to be a journalist any longer and that she would try to continue her mother’s work. However, at 47 she felt she was too old to become a teacher.
Ten years on, and mourning the death of her father, she changed her mind: age would be no barrier. What was more, she would go on to start a charity — Now Teach — and actively recrui