The Quiet Signal
An introduction There is a lot of noise. Most of it is loud, urgent, performative.Most of it wants something from you. The Quiet Signal exists for a different reason. This…
When Fiction Stops Entertaining and Starts Pointing
Editor’s note: This piece listens for the moment power moves indoors, where it becomes quieter, cleaner, and harder to see. There’s a moment when fiction stops being a story and…
When the Watchdogs Get Muzzled
On Journalism, Free Speech, and the Quiet Slide Into Something Darker Have you noticed that point in every authoritarian playbook where the press stops being a nuisance and becomes an…
Most of what reaches us now is loud by design.
Most of what reaches us now is loud by design. Not because it’s important, but because it needs to survive competition. The modern world doesn’t reward accuracy, wisdom, or restraint…
The Winter Creativity Grift
A Field Guide to Doing Nothing (Productively) It’s January. You haven’t written anything meaningful in three weeks. Your last “creative session” involved opening a Google Doc, typing the word “Chapter”,…
Designing a Daily-Capable Content System
(Without Burning Yourself Out) There’s a certain kind of advice that sounds motivating until you actually try to live inside it. “Post every day.”“Consistency is king.”“Outwork everyone.” Fine slogans. Terrible…
A Note to Fellow Writers in a Noisy Time
In Five Years, Human-Sounding Writing Will Be the Real Premium The other morning, I sat down to write and realised I could finish the piece in minutes if I wanted…
A Perfectly Normal Weather Event
Your Guide to This Weekend’s Bomb Cyclone So there’s a bomb cyclone coming. Not a metaphorical one. Not a political one. An actual meteorological phenomenon with a name that sounds…
The Real Reason Most People Don’t Make Money on Instagram
(And Why Effort Isn’t the Problem) There’s a quiet frustration that doesn’t get talked about much online. It usually sounds like this… You’re posting consistently.You’ve learned about hooks, reels, captions,…
The Great Geopolitical Shuffle
Why Starmer’s Flying to Beijing While Trump Builds Walls So here we are. January 2026. Keir Starmer’s just touched down in Beijing for the first time a British prime minister…