You know the stuff you wish they taught you in Uni and the problems facing your industry? Any questions about managing your invoices, taxes, and the difficult admin of your specific industry will all be answered in here
There are two types of people in London. Those that know and love Le Garrick, and those that haven’t been yet. Yeah, fair point, and no, I haven’t ...
There’s a moment early in Hulu’s Fyre Festival documentary where the 21st-century pantomime villain Billy McFarlane introduces the digitally-integr...
The year was 2013. I had just moved across the country for a job in the running industry and, as one would expect, my mileage and intensity was ram...
If you’ve got a keen eye, sharp sense of style and love making physical environments look the best they possibly can, launching a freelance interio...
Stress occupies a spectral position in the life of a freelancer. It waits in the wings and heckles you when the realities of juggling multiple jobs...
Cook and travel writer John Gregory-Smith is the author of several excellent books. This recipe – delicious warm or cold – is a great one to get yo...
World Book Day took place on March 7th and aims to encourage reading in schools, nurseries, libraries and workplaces. With the global celebration g...
The figure of the tour guide is one we’re all familiar with, from the person waving a raised flag as a line of people follow behind, to the smiling...
You can’t have failed to have seen all the fuss and furore over the latest threat to the online safety of children over the last week or two. The s...
I’m always the first to admit to my lack of knowledge of the contemporary art world. It’s been my most glaring cultural shortcoming for as long as ...
If you’re an app developer and tired of the normal Monday – Friday 9-5, thinking it’s time to become your own boss, or you’re jealous of frie...
About four years ago, I was tipped off to the joys of Kricket, an Indian restaurant run by Will Bowlby and Rik Campbell in a shipping container at ...
The irony is not lost on me. One of the last pieces I wrote for The Pool, a Webby-winning website where I had been hired as the first member of sta...
British – and English – life is flecked with all sorts of absurdities. The self-conscious quirks that stuff the myth kitty of our cultu...
You’ve probably heard it thousands of times before: too much screen time is bad for your health. And honestly, you’d LOVE to cut down on the time y...
One of the very real attractions to working from home is the fact that, in theory at least, you don’t have to a) get dressed, b) brush your hair or...
Welcome back to the culture clinic, Freelancers! Now that it’s March, what do we have to show for the month gone? Sweaty underarms and upper lips? ...
Each month I receive a bunch of messages on Instagram from young music fans asking how I became a music photographer. When asked this in person, I’...
He likes a pop-up, does James Donnelly. Billing Donnelly’s as a “moveable” restaurant, the chef has proved his point with stints ...
The freelance lifestyle is unpredictable. As a freelancer, you’ve got lots of transferable skills (probably more than you realise) and multiple aud...
