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What would I say to Mark Gatiss if I met him in the street?
A social contract for meeting celebrities, and a review of relating to somebody's work.
Poetry 101:2 – Emphasise
Welcome to Poetry 101! The revision podcast that teaches you how, why, and where you already know it from. Every episode we are take a poem your teacher might give you and a song you probably know and investigate a literary technique, so that next time you have an exam or an essay you’re prepared.... Continue Reading →
Poetry 101:1 – Summarise
transcript of a podcast I wrote on how to decode poetry at a basic level. episode 1 - summarise.
The Central London Library Review
Literally just a list of central London libraries marked on aspects that add up to ~vibe~
Come In From The Cold: A History of My Relationship With Christmas
What changed me from hating Christmas to being a celebrant? Why did I hate Christmas in the first place? How can you act to make the festive season as joyful for those around you as it is for yourself?
The Late-Romantic dot com Gift Guide – A Friend Who’s in a Different Financial Situation To You
We all have friends we navigate tricky waters with - maybe they’re coupled up and their finances are entangled with somebody else’s, maybe they have a better-paid job than you, or are freelance and their income is intermittent, but we all have somebody in our lives for whom buying a wrongly-priced gift will send the... Continue Reading →
The Late-Romantic dot com Gift Guide – The Co-Worker You’re… Friends? With Now
This list also works for the office Secret Santa: it’s for somebody you chat to every day on a superficial level. Maybe you want to know them better, maybe you don’t, but you certainly don’t need to be spending a tonne on them… equally, though, a card might not cut it. Make them a mixtape.... Continue Reading →
Japan.
I wish I could give you Hokkaido winter like you want it. Independence, structure, cultural benevolence ought to be a simple inheritence. I'm not disinterested but I don't know what it holds for me to be in a place where I can't speak, can't understand. Where my very bones ache with the cold, the two... Continue Reading →
Late Romantic began as a blog called 'theexjournalist' sometime around my late teens / early twenties. As I've moved tentatively towards placing greater values on privacy, professionality, and other projects, its appearance and content has changed, as has its hosting (1). It does appear to me that, however, over the years, the consistent function of... Continue Reading →