U.K.: terrors of the magazine intern

Want to spend a bit of your summer holiday helping out around the office of a venerable British periodical? Before you can start filing or photocopying, you’d better prepare for a government-mandated mini-seminar in workplace hazards. “The fact remains that the only job her week at The Spectator prepared Lucy for was that of a […]

Want to spend a bit of your summer holiday helping out around the office of a venerable British periodical? Before you can start filing or photocopying, you’d better prepare for a government-mandated mini-seminar in workplace hazards. “The fact remains that the only job her week at The Spectator prepared Lucy for was that of a health and safety officer, or a serial bringer of law suits against employers with loose telephones and no barrier creams.” (Mary Wakefield, “Work experience is all about health and safety”, Daily Telegraph, Jul. 26).

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