The Year My Shoes Stuck to the Road
A reflection on the British obsession with declaring a national crisis every time the temperature rises above twenty-five degrees.
Welcome. This is a text-only repository of observations, essays, and occasional dispatches on the modern condition.
On the Lost Art of Conversation
We have traded the slow, deliberate craft of conversation in favour of the rapid exchange of functional digital signals.
Shouting at the Furniture
Why do we let glowing rectangles dictate the rhythm of our lives?
The Sunday Afternoon Atrocity
The Monday dread begins on Sunday, usually after lunch...
A Formal Grievance from the Eyelids
Napping is an underrated art form. Especially when combined with a bad night's sleep...
The Train That Didn’t Arrive
On the current state of British rail travel. Or rather, the lack of it.
The Morning Coffee Conundrum
On the Great Coffee Machine Swindle.
The Improbability of the 5K
On the questionable decision to go jogging at the age of sixty-one.