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Beware: learning more is a smart person’s favorite form of procrastination.

Remembering why I 'upgraded' my access to a very special library (The Portico Library) as part of celebrating it being #LibrariesWeek - thirdsectorexpert.blogspot.com/2011/08/why-it…

A cautionary reminder for #LibrariesWeek about what a dangerous place your local library actually is... thirdsectorexpert.blogspot.com/2014/05/i-dare…

As backfiring promotions go, National Express must surely be a contender - they emailed me a 30% discount code that expired within 10 hours of the timestamp of the email they sent it to me with...

Feeling flushed after I managed to persuade the usually august ISBE to showcase my office toilet, as part of celebrating excellence in business reporting! isbe.org.uk/isbe-members-i…

Proud to stand in solidarity with my fellow unpaid carers for #CarersWeek, and be featured on the Carers Week wall - carersweek.org

This #CarersWeek, I wanted to highlight the important work journalists do to help #unpaidcarers have a voice: numbereighteeninthecorner.blog/2025/06/09/her… Thank you Patrick Butler for your time and keep up the amazing work:) Josh Halliday Carers UK The Guardian Private Eye Magazine Katy Styles Carers Trust

‘I have two jobs: one that keeps someone alive – and one that I get paid for.’ Unpaid carers like me save the NHS billions, says Laura Barnes (NumberEighteenInTheCorner) in a blog for Carers Week in the UK – yet our rewards include burnout and poverty views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/06/i-have…

How many other sole traders, freelancers, or business consultants do you know who openly publish details of how much tax they pay? #FairTaxWeek #Fairtax Fair Tax Foundation thirdsectorexpert.blogspot.com/2016/05/why-im…

As a closing thought from me for #CarersWeek, a case study from Working Families that illustrates why, as an unpaid carer, I struggle to offer as much 'beer mentoring' as I used to... thirdsectorexpert.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-need…

Very excited to have found a 'mini me' in the very cool new #FreelancerMagazine pocket-sized directory of top freelancers!

It's deja-vu with National Express as they email me another 30% discount offer yesterday, only to email me again less than 24 hours later to say that they've realised this offer was never actually live on their booking system...

Don't panic if you can't find a copy of this mighty yellow book close to hand - Freelancer Magazine have made it free to access on-line! freelancermagazine.co.uk/account/direct…