Emma Beddington
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Job interviews are a weird business â but whatâs the alternative? | Emma Beddington (opens the original)
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Given the biased nature of the interview process, the recent kerfuffle about taking iced coffee in with you may be the least of our worries I was part of a job interview process recently, on the hiring side of the table for the first time in 15 years, and was instantly reminded how weird the whole business is. The debate about whether bringing iced coffee to interviews is bad form just highlights the silliness of selection processes: you could bring a live weasel to an interview and still get th
My holiday was full of tantrums and hangry meltdowns. And it wasnât the kids who were to blame | Emma Beddington (opens the original)
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For 20 years I have made sure everyone gets where they need to be, with the least possible drama. Now suddenly Iâm the one who needs looking after Weâre just back from a family holiday to Japan and after two decades, Iâve developed clear ideas about who does what on these trips. Historically, my husband has been responsible for energetic fun, ensuring we get everywhere too early, asking strangers questions the rest of us are too shy to ask, and keeping hold of all passports. My responsibil
Some Americans call us âEuropoorâ - but there are seven ways weâre exceedingly rich | Emma Beddington (opens the original)
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Our US friends may pity Europeans for our low salaries, high taxes and dependence on public transport â but theyâre forgetting the really important stuff ⦠Iâm sorry to break this to you, but you may be âEuropoorâ. This is, apparently, what proud American patriots (the kind who describe themselves in those terms on their flag-forward X profiles anyway) are calling us Europeans, mocking us for our low salaries, high taxes and dependence on public transport. GB news presenter Tom Harwo
Do you have a bespoke âdirty zoneâ? | Emma Beddington (opens the original)
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Apparently a dedicated mud room will make you less stressed. But I have a very different approach I was excited to learn that the latest interiors essential, according to the Washington Post, is a âdirty zoneâ. Iâm ahead of the curve â Iâve already got a dirty zone by each main door (and also one directly outside the back door, where, rudely, a mystery animal has defecated). The fridge drawers are dirty zones thanks to the windfall apples I thought I would cook, but predictably left to
Why is 'vegan' suddenly being used as a slur? | Emma Beddington (opens the original)
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US republicans are tarnishing their plant-eating opponents at every opportunity. Yet vegans are perfectly suited to hold power â let me count the ways Cool news, fellow soy boys and girls â weâve been promoted from feeble, tofu-eating wokerati to dangerous radicals unfit for public office. Politico reports that US Republicans have started throwing âveganâ around as a tactic to tarnish their political opponents. âHeâs a vegan,â Trump warned of Democratic Texas senatorial candidate
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