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Creative Thinking

Reboot your year

It’s September. So reboot your year.

September is a perfect time for a fresh start. Here's what we can learn from the French concept of la rentrée

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Andy Weir's The Martian

Andy Weir on writing an accidental best-seller

The Martian was published in serial form on Andy Weir's website, then self-published. Here's how it became a best-seller – and a Matt Damon film.

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Are you charging what you are worth?

How to charge what you’re worth

As a freelance creative, it can be hard knowing what to charge for your work. Here are 10 steps to finding your true value.

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how to price freelance jobs you don't enjoy

How to price freelance jobs that are no fun

Don't enjoy doing a particular job? Here's how you work out what to charge.

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Art matters. Creativity matters.

Art matters. Now, more than ever.

Art matters. It helps us understand each other, bridges divides, brings us together. And we need that, urgently.

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Sweet Harmony exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery

Sweet Harmony: the creativity of club culture

Clubs have always been places to experiment, explore and find your tribe. A new London exhibition celebrates that.

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Why you need a Shitty First Draft

Why you need a Shitty First Draft

You have to let yourself do it badly, in order to do it well.

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Anish Kapoor on his art, and creative routines

The Creative Life of Anish Kapoor

One of Britain's best-known artists on creative routines, meditation as a tool, and what he does with work that doesn't yet work.

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Sophie Kinsella on her writing routines

Sophie Kinsella on writing routines

The best selling novelist on her writing routines, plotting and polishing — and how her five children inspire her

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Don’t feel like working today?

What to do on those days when you're just not in the mood for creative work

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How to find your focus

Finding focus in an increasingly distracted world

What I learned from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work

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Artist's Date

Artist’s Date: Making space for inspiration

Take an hour out of your week, to do something that makes your heart sing.

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