In another splendid weekend for British workers, reports have emerged that incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss is planning to rip up employment laws and protections for workers. No doubt to be unveiled as a post-Brexit benefit, it is suggested that Truss intends to "improve UK competitiveness" by effectively

When you've got a phone range that looks great, feels great, and does everything you want, where do you go next?

It's been 55 days since the United Kingdom's poster-boy for corruption and sleaze announced he was resigning. It's about to get even worse.

I've always been a bit of a desk setup nerd. As a kid, I was blessed with a really nice desk space for gaming. "Spoiled" is probably the word. Since I moved out for university, I made do with whatever space was available to me: a

What an utterly fantastic city! Photo-blog of our trip in May 2022. Came back with a fiancé and Covid!

iPhone users and Android users are no strangers to sparring. For over a decade, proponents of each operating system have espoused the value of their chosen system – often denouncing the other for perceived failings. The battles continue to this day. Whether it's the inability to sideload [https://en.

I recently decided to end a five and a half year stint at my employer, and look for a fresh challenge. It's been a long while since I've been actively looking for employment - in fact, I haven't been without guaranteed work in a

Culture. It's the buzzword of the post-pandemic world. We've seen words like flexible, hybrid and remote enter the lexicon. There's been plenty of speculation – including by myself [https://www.chrismcquillan.co.uk/has-covid-19-exposed-the-myth-of-the-office/] in 2020 – about whether COVID-19 had revealed the myth of the

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, our expectations for life have altered. For many in Britain in 2022, the gradual materialisation of 'Project Fear [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Fear]' has added additional financial pressures onto already stretched finances. With inflation soaring, continued shortages of produce and

Something’s finally cut through. Are the times finally changing?

Taking a look at the last decade from a personal perspective, and attempting to understand a little more about how to move forward.

It is 204 days since UK Prime Mafioso Boris Johnson announced a total lockdown in England. It is 258 days since Britain declared its first case. 2020 has been a difficult year. We've seen restrictions gradually ease, before being tightened again. As politicans seek desperately to find a

Looking back at twelve years in the North East of England.

It’s time for the workplace to catch up with a changing world, and change for the good of all.

A look at life through a lockdown lens.

Amidst a backdrop of radical violence, anti-racism demonstrations, economic damage and political calamity, we find ourselves asking: how did it come to this?

Why the social media giants face a reckoning in the coming months and years.

The last two decades of rising inequality and endless crises has finally reached a tipping point.

It's been a long time since I've had a blog – and I've never had a personal blog. Lockdown and furlough in the UK since March has left me with a good deal of time to carry out plenty of life admin. I've