Vicky Spratt

And really, the message I've taken away from him is we've got far more in common than we like to think.

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You said something to me recently that I found really, really striking when we were researching this series, which is that one of the biggest mistakes made with Gen Z is assuming that they're completely different to the generations that went before them.

What did you mean by that?

I thought it was fascinating.

I'm shocked to learn that brands and consultants are trying to monetize generational opportunities.

warfares and misunderstandings.

But there is something going on in the workplace, right?

There does seem to be a disconnect between older people and younger people.

What can we put that down to?

Do you think that's because of the decline of community spaces or the third space, as we would call it in sociology?

I mean, I remember as a teenager, before I was legally able to drink and after, there was a social club in the town where I lived that we would go and you would have everybody from 16 through to 90 years old playing pool cards, drinking, but also not drinking.

And those spaces have closed down.

Definitely.

Sounds like we're trading in quite a lot of lazy stereotypes, which ultimately are making the division greater rather than bringing us closer together.

We've had a lot of responses from the Tripp audience for this series.

And just on social media, I wanted to tell you what Luke, a 23-year-old graduate from Newcastle, had to say.

essentially that he's incredibly lonely.