AbbyDec 9, 20214 minStarting out: Finding a specialismWhen you're taking your first steps as a freelancer, the lack of a clear direction can feel a bit daunting. But you can look at it...
AbbyMar 31, 20213 minSpecialising as a linguist: editing, education and languagesEducation is a great specialism for freelance linguists, but it seems to be a relatively little-known path. I've been asked by recent...
AbbyDec 20, 20203 min2020 in review: making the most of a challenging yearThe events of 2020 certainly make for an unusual 'year in review' blog post. If this post somehow made its way through the time continuum...
AbbyNov 19, 20203 minWork in Publishing weekTo mark the Publishing Association's Work in Publishing week, I've put together a list of five reasons I enjoy working in the publishing...
AbbySep 18, 20202 minThe Climate Assembly report: key findings for the energy sector The UK Climate Assembly, a group of 108 people chosen to be representative of the UK population, was set up to answer the question: "How...
AbbyMay 4, 20202 minPanel discussion: freelancers and in-house editorsOn 23 April 2019, the Oxford Publishing Society held an online panel discussion entitled Freelancers and In-House Editors: Making it...
AbbyJul 20, 20151 minItalian trade fairCurrently exploring the BellaVita exhibition in London, meeting lots of Italian food producers!
AbbyJun 25, 20152 minThe 2010 election in an alternative universe – UKIMUN BristolThis weekend in Bristol, a few rooms tucked away in the corner of the University were transformed into the battle buses of the three main...
AbbyJun 25, 20151 minSuperlativesWe are strangely lacking in middling terms – words to describe with some precision the middle ground between hard and soft, near and far,...
AbbyJun 14, 20152 minBolzanoWith no flights booked for the immediate future and my work diary filling up, it looks like this blog will be lacking in travel updates...
AbbyApr 30, 20152 minLife as a trainee at the European ParliamentWith little more than a month left in Luxembourg (it’s going so fast!), I realised that I haven’t written much about what this...
AbbyMar 19, 20153 minDabbling in Model UN – UKIMUN US election simulationA couple of weekends ago, I left Luxembourg and EU politics behind to take part in a Model United Nations (MUN) event at the University...
AbbyJan 13, 20151 minLinguistic quirksIt’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water. Franklin P. Jones (via speculativegrammarian)...
AbbyJan 1, 20152 minStarting 2015 as I mean to go on: cake, coffee and creativityThere is nowhere I would rather be spending the Rutsch from 2014 to 2015 than the beautiful city of Bath; a city which stole my heart...
AbbyJan 1, 20151 minNew year wishesI wasn’t going to write a new one this year. But… Be kind to yourself in the year ahead. Remember to forgive yourself, and to forgive...
AbbyDec 25, 20141 minChristmas Countdown – Number 1!The Christmas presents have been unwrapped, the chocolate is already disappearing and the house is silent as everyone reads / assembles /...
AbbyDec 23, 20141 minChristmas Countdown – Number 2Number 2 on my Luxembourg Christmas countdown is, to my mind, the most beautiful part of the city; a picturesque quarter that gives...
AbbyDec 22, 20141 minChristmas Countdown – Number 3Something I have really enjoyed in Luxembourg are the beautiful sunsets, as have my colleagues (here are two of them enjoying a romantic...
AbbyDec 21, 20141 minChristmas Countdown – Number 4CinEast is a Central and Eastern European film festival which takes place in Luxembourg every October – this year was the 7th edition. I...