I had an epiphany recently: this *gestures* is all noise. I've been confusing it for influence, ideas, and insight, but I am getting nothing from it, and neither are you.
Fandom is the reason I can’t give up the internet
I can't be the only one stuck in this loop... Oh god, do I want off the internet. The list of things I need a phone to do is so small that I am seriously considering going back to a 2013 Blackberry. My ability and desire to read, write, and communicate have been improved by... Continue Reading →
#MayIRecommend: Explore This Month’s Top Book and Entertainment Picks
an internet 'month challenge' from the archive.
Algorithmic Complacency and Me
Technology Connections named a modern phenomenon; I too am trying to combat it.
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.
Five Towns and Fenton
A poem about seeing somebody you used to know well and being ignored.
In Defence of Gaylor
Taking stan wars seriously 2k23
Social Media Life Hacks
Here are the steps I will be taking to improve my feed and step back from social media - without deleting my accounts.
The ‘Bright Young Things’ Cinematic Universe
In the novels of Evelyn Waugh and Nancy Mitford, the same characters crop up over and over again - whether it’s Bridey (the priggish elder brother from Brideshead Revisited) falling for Adam Symes’ faux fashion hacks in Vile Bodies or Linda Radlett being a minor character in Polly Hampton’s book, the British scene of the... Continue Reading →
Cottagecore as Childhood for Adults
We should turn to the big differences between the way children and adults play to establish where and how we ‘rewild’ ourselves.
Late Romantic 