by Ryan Clement
IT’S LATE and I have a 6.45am flight ✈️ tomorrow morning from Gatwick South. Although I don’t live too far from the airport, time-wise. I can drive there in 45 minutes. But I wasn’t going to do that drive to get there for 5am, which means leaving home no later than 4.15am, which means waking up at 3.30am and which means just to get a miserly 6 hours sleep, going to bed at 9.30pm the night before 🛌. That wasn’t going to happen, especially as Caz and I were on the phone, bouncing off some good ideas for our next training sessions that left my brain over-hyper-active and unable to switch the Gatwick hotel light off until around 1.40am, leaving me with just 2 hours and 20 minutes before the first of my three alarms went off 🥱. Surprisingly and unusually, I woke up on the first ⏰ Why go to bed so late? After all, I was staying at a hotel in Gatwick and the shuttle bus runs every 20 minutes or so. Well, following on from my chat with Caz, I was buzzing and ‘in the zone,’ which meant I had to capture the moment whilst it was still fresh and raw in my mind, and whilst I was in my ultra creative mood. It sounds like it all went smoothly. It didn’t. The writing did, but my plan did not quite work out. 😩
I AM WRITING the finishing touches to my latest book 📚 called, ‘Discrimination in Employment in 7 Days‘ Another one of my ambitious but achievable projects after writing, ‘Race Relations in Employment Law – Put Simply in Black & White!‘
This book provides a detailed overview of UK employment discrimination law, focusing on the Equality Act 2010. It covers the legislative process, protected characteristics (such as age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation), and prohibited conduct (including direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and victimisation). The book also delves into disability-specific protections, such as reasonable adjustments and discrimination arising from disability, and outlines the rights and obligations of employers and employees. It emphasises the importance of contracts of employment, both express and implied terms, and the role of employment tribunals in determining disability status and addressing grievances. The book is structured over seven days, providing a comprehensive understanding of the law’s provisions, definitions, and practical implications.
INITIALLY, being around 4 weeks ago, I had planned to finish and edit it whilst on holiday. Holiday was my motive to finish a project I had thought about many years ago. I wrote Day One in early 2024 after court in Leeds and between writing my Closing Submissions. I wrote Days Two and Three early in 2025 in Surrey. I wrote Days Four and Five on weekends in June 2025 in Gloucestershire between kayaking 🛶 in the Cotswold. The plan had been to finish the first draft in early July 2025 before I boarded the plane for the beautiful Greek island of Kos, leaving me one week to edit it in the sunshine. Ample time!🏝️Idyllic⛱️. Unfortunately, I was two days short of completing the week. So, I had to rethink and replan.
I ARRIVED AT MY HOTEL in Kos at around 1.30pm, Greek time, had lunch and then taken to my room. Virginia Woolf spoke of a Room of One’s Own. I immediately fell in love with mine. “I could write, here,” I thought. I have a balcony with the most amazing view(s). Perfect for inspiration, motivation and ideas.
So, tomorrow, I write ✍🏾.
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