Rebecca Reilly is coming over to speak at Look Mum No Hands, Mare Street on 29th March. Emily Chappell interviewed her earlier this year.
Rebecca Reilly: Nerves of Steel, Heart of Gold
The legend of Rebecca Reilly has loomed large over my years as a courier. I’m perhaps more readily disposed than most to appoint heroes and role models – if I count up all the people who’ve inspired me over the years, it would stretch into the dozens, or perhaps even hundreds – but there’s always been something particularly compelling about Reilly. Perhaps it was her undisputed status as one of the pioneers of the courier scene. Perhaps it was her prominence as a woman in an industry still heavily dominated by men. Perhaps it was simply her elusiveness.
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