It’s something of a cliché to describe the year that’s just passed as a rollercoaster so we’ll avoid the temptation, but 2022 has definitely been a year of striking contrasts.
As January dawned, things seemed to be looking up. The worst of the pandemic was surely behind us, we’d managed at least some kind of Christmas and New Year for the first time since Covid had cancelled them since 2019, and things were apparently looking up.
By February, the bloodiest war in Europe for decades was just getting underway and over the course of the year this would lead to soaring energy prices, in turn contributing to rising inflation and a recession that is either knocking on the door, or already in full flow, depending on who you believe.
That’s before we even get to the knockabout slapstick comedy that would replace the UK parliament over the summer, with three Prime Ministers in about as many months and a disastrous budget courtesy of the middle one, Liz Truss, that would see the pound collapse, mortgages rocket, and damage of around $30bn the economy to that some experts claim it could take ‘years’ to fully repair.
Thankfully, the digital and creative sectors proved themselves adapt at keeping calm and carrying on regardless and we’ve had a busy year here at Prolific North as a result. Here are the 10 stories that most piqued your interest over the course of the year.
