WHAT should you do if you’re hoping that a prestigious institution will one day honour your work by setting up an archive to preserve and organise your records? Here’s a suggestion: Get appointed the head of a committee that produces an influential and timely report on a hot-button topic, and from then on, become a widely recognised authority on that subject.
That worked for Sir Adrian Cadbury, not that there’s any evidence that he had indeed nursed such an ambition.
