Column: Thanks love, my name is Nicola

‘The bit that cries when a reader rings up to speak to the editor, then assumes I am ‘his’ secretary.. ‘ Are we women putting…

Column: Thanks love but my name is Nicola

We’ve all been there. When a complete stranger calls you ‘love’ or ‘darling’, how do you react? Are you insulted or are you immediately imbued…

Column: Being a superhero and other first jobs

It’s been one of those weeks, so in an attempt to make me feel better about the stress and despair, I tried to feel thankful…

Column: Being a superhero and other first jobs

If you don’t ever get a period in your day-to-day working life when you yearn for change, escape or a job which has less stress,…

Column: The green top

The moment is seared into my memory, a scar on my psyche that will probably never quite go away. I was wearing a green, off…

Too old for tents?

By the time you read I will have headed off into the pouring rain to tramp in the mud at Beatherder Festival in the heart…

Column: Newsroom detox

Goodbye to ye olde LEP Towers. Photobomb by Jenny Simpson.  Pic @jabberingjourno So the big move has taken place here at LEP Towers and it…