How lockdown 2 is treating us
Well, here we are nearly two weeks in lockdown 2 – the second English national lockdown. How is it treating you? Does it feel the same as the first lockdown? For me personally, lockdown 2 doesn’t feel very different from the previous few weeks. In Gloucestershire, we were in tier 1 restrictions – which meant we could only meet in a group of six and that pubs and restaurants closed at 10pm. We weren’t going to...
Freelance work ups and downs during Covid-19
I’ve been a freelance writer since 2014. I do mainly business journalism, plus writing copy for websites. I have three main clients and two intermittent ones, plus I might get one or two pieces of work a year from one-off clients. When Covid-19 hit, I had no idea what this would do to my work. I was very lucky. Two of my clients actually gave me more work and one gave me the same amount. This was especially lucky because...
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge became the must-read of the summer. The book was published in 2017, but had a big surge in popularity this year. White people wanted to know where they were going wrong and how they could be more supportive to black people. I’m a bit late to the party here,...
