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Richard Donkin writes two columns for the FT: a weekly column on recruitment and employment that he has written since 1994 and the monthly FT fishing column that appears in the Weekend section.
Richard joined the FT in 1987 after he was named Provincial Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards. He was a member of the FT team named Reporter of the Year in the 1991 British Press Awards for its work on the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. He has also undertaken travel writing assignments for the newspaper, including a voyage around Cape Horn in 1997 and a climb of Aconcagua in Argentina in 2002.
His history of work, Blood, Sweat and Tears, The Evolution of Work, was published by Texere in the UK and US in 2001 and featured in a recent BBC Radio Four Series, This Workaday World.
Richard left the newspaper in 2001 and now works as an independent writer and commentator, speaking and lecturing regularly on employment and management issues. He is married with three children and lives in Woking. He can be contacted through his web site: richarddonkin.com. - -
Gone fishin’ ...
There are always new and exciting patterns, new rods, new lines and new tactics for the gullible angler, writes Richard Donkin
Ghillies, bluefins and the worst form of unlucky
Richard Donkin discovers some lessons for fishermen about the desolation of our seas and rivers in Hemingway’s classic ‘The Old Man and the Sea’
Angling for a cure – why didn’t we think of that?
Casting for Recovery, a fly fishing-based support programme for women who have been treated for breast cancer, appears to be tapping into some unrecognised need, writes Richard Donkin
Fear of flying
Richard Donkin prepares to join skilled anglers in chalk stream competition and might go with a black Klinkhammer emerging caddis
Pearls beyond price
Other than producing precious orbs, the freshwater mussel in Scotland plays a more important role of purifying salmon rivers, writes Richard Donkin
Of carols at Christmas, and kindness, and engagement
One of the most enjoyable things about working for the Financial Times was to attend the annual Christmas carol service at Southwark Cathedral
New stream of conscience
Is there a growing respect for rivers among business people and farmers? Richard Donkin is encouraged by changing corporate attitudes to river pollution
Get more from your gear
What if you could buy your fishing gear all over again? Richard Donkin assesses your options if you are on a budget or looking for something with a bit more class
‘Surely this would get privacy’
Richard Donkin tries to escape the crowds, but not the clouds, with some heli-fishing in Newfoundland.
‘You come here to catch the fish of a lifetime’
Drawn by the lure of salmon weighing up to 40lb, Richard Donkin heads for Norway in search of a very big prize.
