The Meg Mash Report

A locker room, a phone call, a gold medal winning team and a President.  Missed the story? This Guardian article covers the situation well, if you'd like to get your head around it before reading on. I mean, I don't think any of Donald Trump's behaviour should be looked upon as representative of the wider population, either in the US or across the world. He is, at best, a senile, dementia-ridden, almost-Octogenarian who has lived a life free of repercussions for his bad (illegal) behaviour. At worst, he is a racist, homophobic, sexist, thieving sex offender who threatens to kill anyone who disagrees with him. His comments about the US women's Olympic ice hockey team should be disregarded; it's the reaction of the some of the men's ice hockey players that bothers me. Call it "locker room talk" or "nervous laughter", but surely we're way past the point of making women's sporting achievements something to laugh at? I'm sure I don...

I'm coming to end of a fixed-term contract and its continuation is a little up in the air, so I've been back in the job hunting game, scouring LinkedIn and all of the usual design jobs boards on a daily basis for potential opportunities. I've seen plenty of roles that I'd be perfect for, either because of my specific experience (I have a bit of a sports niche) or because I think I'd be a great cultural fit. But more often than not, my application is halted before it's even begun due to the same few words: *insert number* days in office, London. I could write an entire blog post about the problem surrounding most creative jobs being in London, freezing out talent further afield. But that's not the issue here, the issue is having to work in person at all*.  I'd never call the COVID-19 pandemic a blessing. (That would be a particularly hard statement to make as somebody who's suffering from the effects of Long COVID - but we'll circle back to that l...