Humanists are generally not offered exciting work assignments on a silver platter. I have put together many different kinds of radio programmes for different editorial offices, produced and edited TV programmes, live and heavily produced, written columns, articles, sketches, a libretto, radio plays, non-fiction books and novels, talked and lectured…

As an ageing humanist, I wish to encourage all young people to really listen to their passions and choose a subject that truly interests them. As the job-for-life-and-a-decent-pension turns slowly into a mosaic of individual entrepreneurs, young people often feel anxious and end up going for the safe option.

But…

When I was in my final year of upper secondary school, I wanted to become a journalist, and I knew I had it in me to be an author. A wise family member told me to study something I was passionate about at the university. “You will learn to be…