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A job that changed me: I worked for an infamous clothing brand – but it was one of the most positive workplaces of my life
When I tell people I spent a chunk of my early 20s working at a hipster clothing retailer infamous for salacious ads and sexual assault allegations, I’m usually met...
A moment that changed me: my husband died – and birds began behaving strangely towards me
After my husband died, the birds started behaving strangely towards me. This was not my imagination; it really happened. On my daily walks, I was startled by how close...
How architect Paul Revere Williams fought racism and changed the face of Los Angeles
When you fly into the Los Angeles airport LAX, a spindly space-age contraption is the first thing that greets your eyes outside the window. Built in the early 1960s,...
A job that changed me: After years of being a marriage celebrant, I became uneasy with the institution
I was in my mid-20s in the mid-2000s when I became a professional yapper. I’d had to bow out of a career in Auslan interpreting due to injury, but...
The Guardian view on the changed world of job interviews: missing the human factor | Editorial
Almost half of UK jobseekers have found themselves pitching to an AI bot, according to recent research, leading many to give up in frustration. As one despairing applicant lamented...
Simon Levy murders: has anything changed in policing since Sarah Everard’s killing?
About 40 metres off Tottenham High Street, up a slip road for deliveries to a B&M homewares store, is a stretch of concrete paving behind a 2-metre wall topped...
A third of UK journalists have changed how or what they report over fears for safety, study finds
Journalists are self-censoring their reporting on rightwing protests, Donald Trump’s administration and trans issues because of growing concerns about their personal safety, with newsrooms accused of “normalising” the risks...
A moment that changed me: I painted a man’s portrait – and he hated it
In September 2024, I was asked to paint the portrait of an 86-year-old man. He had apparently always wanted a formal portrait of himself, and a binge watch of...
