EP 50: The Weekend Of Mistakes (with Alice Sherwood & Paul Greatbatch) Shelf Life #10

EP 50: The Weekend Of Mistakes (with Alice Sherwood & Paul Greatbatch) Shelf Life #10

From The Library of Mistakes by Library of Mistakes

January 20, 2026 · 43 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the Weekend Of Mistakes event and features insights from its organizers and other key figures.

In the latest Shelf Life, we begin with a clip of Russell Napier speaking at this year's Mistake Of The Year awards at the Library of Mistakes - you can see the whole thing on YouTube (link below). We then discover the wonderful Weekend Of Mistakes, held every year in Hay-on-Wye, on the Welsh/English border. Inspired by the Library of Mistakes, the event shares the Library's mission of encouraging us all to learn from the mistakes of the past – and features a fantastic line-up of speakers in a wonderful setting. Organisers Paul Greatbatch and Alice Sherwood explain all to our regular hosts, Leila Johnston and Fraser Allen, and we also chat to our Librarian Helen Williams and our CEO David Clarke. www.weekendofmistakes.org www.libraryofmistakes.com Mistake of the Year: https://www.youtube.com/live/W6ibPkVvXaQ?si=Rf3N3Bhz7sZb7-kO To get in touch withn us, please email leila@libraryofmistakes.com or fraser@libraryofmistakes.com Produced by Fraser Allen and Leila Johnston.

People in this episode

Hosts: Leila Johnston, Fraser Allen

Guests: Alice Sherwood, Paul Greatbatch

Topics covered

  • mistakes
  • learning
  • events
  • history
  • business
  • investing

Keywords

  • mistakes
  • Hay-on-Wye
  • Library of Mistakes
  • speakers
  • learning from the past

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Library of Mistakes, Weekend Of Mistakes

Places: Hay-on-Wye

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