News – Leeds alumNI Photo: Phil Dent GOOD IN A crisis While countries around the world face uncertain financial markets and disasters, both natural and man-made, expertise in crisis management is proving valuable. Kim Yang Lim (Chinese with Linguistics & Phonetics 1977) In brief is owner and consultant director with Fulignati Asia, where she The new Head of External Relations at the National Landlords specialises in risk and business Association is Simon Gordon continuity management. (Political Studies 1977). Having worked for 20 Guy Parsons (History 1984) has years in crisis management been appointed Chief Executive and communication with Officer of Travelodge. multinationals in the Middle East and Asia Pacific, Kim says: T“ he Lucy (Hamilton-Turner) Kerr (MA connection between my field of Applied Translation Studies 2005) work and my studies at Leeds has successfully completed the National Federation of Property may not be obvious. But it was Professionals Diploma in Residential my fascination for the art and Estate Agency, making her a qualified science of communication that estate agent in the British Isles. took me to Leeds in the first place, and then into public relations and Mick Yates (Mathematics & eventually to crisis management. Philosophy 1972) has been Another passion that I have kept appointed as a visiting professor at since my Leeds days is Leeds Leeds University Business School. United. There are quite a few of Zahida Manzoor CBE (HVCert 1983) us with United stickers on our is the Legal Services Ombudsman cars in Singapore!” for England and Wales. Video direction by Mark Olsen (MA Theatre Studies 1993) was recognised with a 2010 Telly Award. Jakarta Based in Los Angeles, Mark writes traNspOrt and directs short films, video and viral videos for corporate clients. Photo: Richard Hanson Daryati Asrining Rini (MSc Jonathan Hammond (Geography THE DAY 2002) became Scotland’s most Transport Studies 1993) has successful athlete in Commonwealth been using knowledge gained Games history at this year’s at Leeds since she became head competition in Delhi. Jonathan won UNUSUal SUspect of Transjakarta in 2008. The two gold medals, silver and a bronze organisation runs rapid transit in four different shooting events. MUSIC Kettle crime at Charles Morris Hall buses in Indonesia’s bustling capital city, Jakarta. Transjakarta Simon Barret (Colour Chemistry transports around 275,000 1994) has won the UK Chilli Award passengers each day on 426 for his chilli jam. Simon trades as Trisch (Whiteley) Thornton choice. “I don’t think that I was buses. Daryati oversees six bus the ‘Chilli Jam Man’, supplying to CHANGED (Medicine 1970) has fond abnormally sociable though,” around 30 specialist retailers. operators and works closely with memories of a sociable life says Trisch. security and ticketing companies around staircase two in Charles Anna Jacobs (General Studies 1962) to keep the city moving. Morris Hall, but she also In those days authority was not has just published her fiftieth novel, remembers losing her deposit easily questioned. “I don’t think Farewell to Lancashire. A resident of Australia since 1973, she is now THE WORLD? for bad behaviour. it entered my head to complain the seventh most borrowed author of about it,” says Trisch. “In fact I popular fiction from UK libraries. Having not broken anything was rather proud that I had been through her stay in 1965-66, seen to have so many friends.” ITV has recommissioned the DCI Trisch blithely went to collect Banks TV series, based on the 13 July 1985: Live Aid galvanises the developed world to her refund, only to be told that A few years ago, Trisch, now bestselling novels by Peter Robinson respond to the Ethiopian famine. Twenty-five years later, she was being penalised for married to Peter Thornton (English 1974, Honorary DLitt Leeds alumni recall their involvement, in London and “excess use of the kettle.” Today (Medicine 1970), got together 2009) after its ratings success in Ethiopia, and assess the legacy she admits to socialising with with a few staircase two friends the UK. Filming is due to begin her medic friends in the staircase in Harrogate. But, she recalls, in spring 2011. two kitchen and, in those days, “We drank more wine than Words: Phil Sutcliffe coffee was usually the tipple of coffee on that occasion.” 04 –– AUTumN/WINTer 2010 AUTumN/WINTer 2010 –– 05 FeaTUre – Live Aid Legacy Live Aid Legacy – FeaTUre Clockwise from top: THE CONCERT Mark Knopfler (English 1973, EXPERT VIEW Honorary DMus 1985) of Dire Straits SIMON WARNER, (Photo: Getty Images) — David Bowie, fresh LECTURER ON from dropping in to a wedding reception to POPULAR MUSIC apologise for the noise (Photo: Phil Dent) — STUDIES, REFLECTS ON Elvis Costello: “pleased to do my THE LIVE AID CONCERT bit”(Photo: Phil Dent) — n October 23, 1984, manager that 4pm (Philadelphia) was of the event, Elvis Costello, hit the Wembley Stadium, BBC TV News broadcast perfection globally because it gave her spot with All You Need Is Love and 13 July: “not one artist was late or Michael Buerk’s first report prime-time television in Europe and responded to Pete’s apology – he’d went missing” from the Korem refugee breakfast in Australasia. been cut from “three songs with (Photo: Phil Dent) camp, Ethiopia, where tens Apart from management placation, band” to “one song solo” – with an — of thousands of starving Pete took care of logistics too. He unassuming, “Pleased to do my bit”. people gathered and a organised the backstage catering, Cock-up of the day? The awkward hundred died every day. helicopters from Battersea to Wembley culture clash around Yusuf Islam, Bob Geldof watched, decided the only and back, buses for artist transport formerly Cat Stevens, says Pete. He thing he couldn’t do was nothing and and to sleep the crew backstage turned up backstage for a solo spot launched Band Aid. and… a piano tuner. Everyone did it which would have been his first public Less famously, Pete Smith for expenses, but most chose not to performance since 1978. Pete, who’d (Sociology 1974) watched the same send them in – and Bruce Springsteen invited him, introduced him to Geldof bulletin: “Babies dying in front of the covered the cost of leaving his stage up and Goldsmith. Yusuf said he would “I watched it on TV. The stuff of dreams: cameras… Everybody was too shocked from the previous week. sing an Islamic children’s song. Fixed an iconic stadium, 70,000 crowd, great to cry.” It never crossed his mind that As Pete proudly recollects, on the notion that the most popular But ABC didn’t get it. Hence the artists, a quarter of the Earth tuning he was about to play a central role in “We lived in a world of trust and songs would result in more donations absence of the Jacksons, Stevie Wonder, in – an audacious attempt to transform the greatest global music show ever. professionalism.” from grateful viewers, Geldof said, no, Diana Ross and others. rock’s popularity into a force for good Post-Leeds, the former Ents Sec But on 13 July, 1985, Andy he should do one of his hits. Although Twenty years later at Live 8, had worked successfully as a manager Kershaw still felt like an amateur. Pete argued that Yusuf’s song would be with the black Americans’ battle and for change. In the end, the fantastic (The Kinks, The Chieftains) and tour Not long out of Leeds (Ents Sec and different but appropriate, neither would won, Andy found himself embroiled amount of money raised was still a drop manager so, in mid-March, 1985, it political studies non-graduate 1981, compromise and Yusuf didn’t play. because he highlighted the lack of in the ocean of Africa’s hunger crisis. It was no surprise when top promoter African artists on the UK bill when the drew the world’s attention to the problem Harvey Goldsmith summoned him to whole enterprise was aimed at raising though, and I don’t think politicians a meeting. But the subject floored him: Africa-consciousness immediately could have done that. Live Aid. before the Gleneagles G8 conference “Geldof was astonishing; a minor Goldsmith needed an event —THE PRESENTERS MADE of rich-world leaders. When some and fading figure, but through force of co-ordinator, independently employed African bands were belatedly invited, will and energy and determination a by the Band Aid charity (£250 a week, he says, they featured at the “fringe” gobby Irishman with a fabulous turn of their only paid worker) to guard event at Cornwall’s Eden Project, not phrase created something magnificent, against vested interests – namely, IT UP AS WE WENT ALONG in London or Edinburgh. At which took on the world, and won. Pop had the BBC which would broadcast he piled into the debate with a fiery been a fly-by-night wild child. With Live the concert, and Band Aid board editorial piece in The Independent, Aid it became an adult, assuming social member Goldsmith who routinely DMus 2005) and a stint roadie-ing Meanwhile, Live Aid day’s most arguing that the crux of the issue responsibility. Since then it’s been used promoted tours for many of the for Billy Bragg, he found himself brilliant bit of coping, Pete later wasn’t skin colour but culture: “My in countless ways to support people in possible performers. Pete accepted and addressing untold millions around the learned, came from helicopter pilot point wasn’t about black artists, it was terrible disasters. Goldsmith cordially told him “Don’t world because he’d recently joined the Jed Hughes and his late-afternoon about African artists.” “Live 8, in 2005, tried to capture bother me, get on with it!” team of presenters on Whistle Test, passenger David Bowie.