what if not everything had to be maximised for profit?
Although I graduated into the aftermath of the 2008 recession, I kept hold of what felt like an unobtainable dream
how to start writing a book
In the last few months of 2021, I sold a book. This was the culmination of, no exaggeration, years of
starboard is green, except when it isn't
A stranger wrote to me this week to tell me that while reading my book they had learned a valuable
lunch usually takes longer than I give it
For me, life is all about small, iterative improvements at the moment. Big plans are shelved, for obvious reasons. I’
apfelstrudel is definitely in my future
One unexpected but delightful consequence of this newsletter format I’m doing at the moment is the volume of replies
my fingers race to keep up with the high hat
I fell over this week. My unreliable left ankle gave way on the second from bottom stair and I toppled
there is no way to see your own art history
A short opening notice: I have a few signed copies of my book left for people to buy (because the
the world acquires a soft focus it does not possess
If you have any of those “on this day” features enabled on your social media accounts, you have like me
I rushed home to share my topiary gossip
I cannot remember ever watching for the advent of spring so avidly as I have this year. Every dry day,
the last day of the before
Everyone has lived through their own pandemic, but one entirely common experience is that memory of the last time we