Monday 28 September 2026
12:30
Camilla Cavendish
Generation Maybe: Why We're Having Fewer Children, and What It Means for Us All
Camilla will discuss why we’re having fewer children, how it’s changing the world and what we should do about it. In her forthcoming book, which will be published in October, she explores how a multitude of individual decisions have led to one of the biggest global challenges we’re facing today: the baby gap.
Camilla is a leading journalist, broadcaster and commentator. She is contributing editor and columnist for the Financial Times and author of Extra Time: 10 Lessons for an Ageing World, which charted the global challenges of longevity. She is a research fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, a visiting faculty member at King’s College London, a crossbench peer in the House of Lords and former head of the Downing Street Policy Unit – the second woman ever to lead it. Her awards include the Paul Foot Award for investigative and campaigning journalism, and Wincott Senior Financial Journalist of the Year.
Award winning journalist, broadcaster and commentator
Camilla is a leading journalist, broadcaster and commentator. She is contributing editor and columnist for the Financial Times and author of Extra Time: 10 Lessons for an Ageing World, which charted the global challenges of longevity. She is a research fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, a visiting faculty member at King’s College London, a crossbench peer in the House of Lords and former head of the Downing Street Policy Unit – the second woman ever to lead it. Her awards include the Paul Foot Award for investigative and campaigning journalism, and Wincott Senior Financial Journalist of the Year.