Writer
(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…
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…
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…
(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,…
A Monument to Our Collective Collapse It is January 25th, 2026. Outside my vaguely damp Spanish retreat, the sky is the colour of unwashed pewter. The staggering optimism of the…
But What It Actually Did Might Be More Interesting. Right, let’s clear something up before the internet gets any more confused. California has not, despite what some headlines might suggest,…
Greetings from the depths of Andalusia (Spain). It’s damp, dark, and the bats are currently having a heated debate about ceiling hierarchy, but I can assure you, it makes infinitely…
There was a time when visiting America felt like entering a shared dream. You didn’t need to understand every line of dialogue. The plot carried you. Freedom. Reinvention. The open…
Nobody dies anymore. Not visibly. Not in your presence. They disappear into hospitals, into care facilities, into systems. You never wash a body. Never sit with decay. Never confront the…
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…