Photo by John Hernandez on Unsplash “I remember when this field were nowt but car parks,” I said in my put on northern…

The Pillow Book, Peter Greenaway A writer friend of mine asked me what I knew about Zuihitsu. I sent her…

April Fools! I’m an independent writer. You’re basically an official sponsor if you support me in any way. Either that…

You can have access to PDF copies of my notebooks — that’s the polite term for thousands of pages of…

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Photo by Namphuong Van on Unsplash “Allow. Allow whatever is in the moment to be there. It is what it is. Once you…

Photo by Braydon Anderson on Unsplash Here are some titles of unpublished posts that I actually plan to write someday but never seem…

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I made a playlist about America called Amurika. This was before I heard Rammstein’s ‘Amerika’ which is so good it…

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This clip of BMO from Adenture Time is EXACTLY how I feel every time I attempt to market myself. That…

Snowdon, the highest mountain in North Wales. Photo by v2osk on Unsplash I don’t like to talk about my feelings Someone asked me…

Dreadlocks hid Jake’s face from dirty looks as he pushed his way to the front of the cinema queue. There…

I’m just fucking with you. But now that I’ve got your attention… This month I will do a Skype chat…

Photo by Vero Photoart They’re watching me in black and white. Not the pregnant teen looking for a place to sit, or…

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People on Twitter keep asking me for merch with something that I said on it. It took me two years…

I woke when my head hit the glass. Not the persistent rattle like before — head lolled against the window, full weight…

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American friends asked me to write a few words about my experience of the coronavirus crisis. It seems like everyone…

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Did you vote? You did. Do you vote? You do. Good. That’s what I thought. Unfortunately, not everyone does vote.…

Here are the Friend Links for my best posts on Medium for 2020. This means that you can read what…

Send in the clowns I looked for a picture of a clown to go with this post but almost all…

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I read ‘The Crossroads of Should and Must’ and it made me roll my eyes so hard that they fell out…

Photo by Tom Roberts on Unsplash Sexism isn’t sexy or satirical I want to talk about when everyday sexism gets passed off as…

  “You are the only people alive on the earth today. All the people that created tradition, created countries, and…

  It’s nanowrimo again — the time of the year when all common sense goes out of the window and…

First I recognise the door. There is no difference between this door and any of the others set into the…

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We’ve all got to start somewhere Japan is where and how I became a travel photographer. I recently shared some…

I’m probably going to regret this. People say the stupidest shit on Medium about how to do it right, make…

It’s nanowrimo again — the time of the year when all common sense goes out of the window and you…

Where is this relationship going? Every love relationship that I’ve ever had has been outlived by the love of the…

I once tried to convince a vegetarian friend that it was ok to eat fish because “Fish don’t count.” Apparently…

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