An unplanned career pathStephen had an unusual path into academia, starting out as a pub landlord in the 1970s. Advertisement Hide AdAdvertisement Hide Ad“I was actually sacked by Tetley’s because I was underperforming as a manager,” he says, admitting he’d lost interest in the job. Advertisement Hide AdAdvertisement Hide Ad“Thomas Stanley College,” he recalls fondly, “they gave me training. Advertisement Hide AdAdvertisement Hide Ad“I'd failed in many things [and] succeeded in some - I’d gone through a marriage, gone through a divorce. Yes, very much.”Advertisement Hide AdAdvertisement Hide AdWhere have all the good men gone?