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“Migration can be triggered by the angle of sunlight, indicating a change in season, temperature, plant life, and food supply… Every history has mo...

I was nineteen when I had the idea to create SICK, a magazine where all the contributors would be chronically ill and disabled people. At the time ...

HMRC wins IR35 court case against freelancers HM Revenue & Customs has won a case against three BBC freelance presenters who were considered li...

Recently, I have arrived at the conclusion that more often than not, I loathe social media.  I hate the way it engulfs me in a cloud of self-doubt ...

I left a decent paid full-time Graphic designer job – it was March and the last month of the financial year. A good friend of mine who was a textil...

Portfolios! Who’d have them? I mean, probably all of us, really – if there was a way we could command Alexa or Siri to “build me a portfolio ...

Start saving: UK freelancer earnings stagnate in second-quarter – survey Earnings of highly skilled freelancers in Britain stagnated in the second ...

Seven years ago, former freelancer and content marketer Deanna Cioppa “definitely resisted” corporate work.  “I didn’t complete a Master̵...

Inking in his 1987 LRB diary, the novelist Julian Barnes mused that, “the only sensible attitude to the Booker is to treat it as posh bingo.” Darti...

So. You want a be a drag queen? Well. There are some things you’ll need to learn first… First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Andrew Bu...

Through choice or necessity, many creatives juggle a full-time job with freelancing. Tina Nielsen hears from seasoned freelancers on how to make it...

In theory, I’m a keen sportsman. In theory, I’m a ripped athlete. In practice, I don’t possess an ounce of the vein-popping competitiveness require...

When I worked in a full-time job, I knew exactly what I should be doing. I trusted my gut on what stories to cover and who to interview. I worked w...

Self-employed owe £1.6bn in late tax The taxman is owed £1.6bn from self-assessment taxpayers who are late making payments so far in the 2017/18 ta...

The internet has rewired the way we engage with ourselves and others. Granted, it’s not a glitteringly original statement, but just a fundamental f...

September is the month of reinvention, new chapters and open doors. Historically, the Romans believed that the month was overseen by their god of f...

Dance music has been propelled back into the forefront of mainstream popular culture, resulting mostly from the ‘deep-house’, drum & bass and g...

Let’s not beat around the bush – freelancing can be scary. Sticking it out on your own isn’t always the walk in the park you’d hoped it would...

Mortgage lenders give pregnant freelancers a wide berth A report by online mortgage broker Trussle surveying 2,002 self-employed people found more ...

With the flexibility of freelancing comes a slipperiness of language: what exactly are you? Whether you call yourself a freelancer, a consultant, a...