Tom May, an award-winning journalist and editor, shares his top ideas for being creative from his book ‘Great TED Talks: Creativity’. Tom explains what creativity is, how to become more creative, and how to harness your creativity to improve your freelance practice.

We all know that forging a career in the creative industries isn’t easy in this country, despite Britain’s storied cultural reputation. New research highlights an interesting picture of class diversity within the UK’s creative sector, suggesting that if you’re not from a privileged background, you’re even less likely to make it. But why might that be?

Freelancing and feeling isolated? You’re not alone. We all know the feeling of loneliness and isolation but where does it come from and how can we combat it?

The initial impact of Covid-19 on the make-up, hair and beauty industry was devastating, with months of forced closures and bad hair days. Thankfully, the industry is starting to recover with a new period of growth as the pandemic restrictions are lifted - with a reported 432% spike in bookings at the end of the last lockdown in April 2021. Is this upswing impacting freelance make-up artists, hair stylists and beauty therapists and what tips do they have for you?

Do you want to land new clients through social media without having to spend a dime on paid ads? Where we find clients may have changed over the past 10 years but the principles of sales remains. Cold-calling is dead but online connections are common place so how do you use social media to land new clients?

When we’re nine-to-five employees, it's not often, dare I say ever at all, where we get to choose who we want to work with. Our bosses pair us up in teams or throw us into group projects with others all under the same roof and give us an aneurysm by tasking us with delivering a piece of work together.

It seems London Fashion Week will still be going ahead this February despite the looming threat of the Omicron variant. The country's premier fashion event is going hybrid with a combination of in-person and digital events. Unsure how to navigate the new format? Let’s dive in.

Finding work at London Fashion Week (or any Fashion Week for that matter) is often deemed the pinnacle of a fashionista's career. As another season kicks off, will you be putting a designer’s name among your list of references or fobbing it off as a waste of time?