Why you should tell artists when you’ve enjoyed their work
Creating art is hard. Here’s why you should always tell an artist when you’ve enjoyed their work.
Category Archive Books
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Fairer educational outcomes won’t result in a fairer world
A creative writing workshop made me question if fairer educational outcomes would really lead to a fairer society.
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Don’t explain
Are you fed up of moderating yourself for people you can never please? Do you feel the pressure to constantly explain yourself to the mainstream? Stop. Learn from Toni Morrison and don’t explain. Live your life and let others catch up.
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Books I read during the covid pandemic
12 months ago the UK entered its first lockdown due to the Covid19 pandemic. My reading fell off a cliff. I couldn’t concentrate, I had no energy and no motivation to read. Eventually my reading mojo returned. Here’s what I read and learned over the past year.
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How do you know which ideas to keep?
Have you ever had an idea that you haven’t acted on then come across years later? Do we give up on some ideas too early? Maybe we need time to become the person who can execute ideas that are currently bigger that us?
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Why we need solitude
What is solitude and why do we need it in work and life?
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Adventures in Digital Minimalism
I impulsively removed most apps and email from my personal phone for a month and was surprised by the results.
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Book vs kindle
Books are a centuries-old technology can they be improved upon?
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Trailblazers: Women Leading the way. Best panel event I’ve been to this year.
“If you want a friend in politics get a dog.” Lessons from a great panel event Last week I was working in Manchester on Wednesday and Leamington Spa on Thursday. I had several hours’ train travel ahead and realised that I’d booked a ticket for an event on Tuesday in London ages ago. On Sunday […]
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Fiction Books by Black Authors for Black History month
It is October. Black History Month in the UK. Time to share, support and buy Black authors.