These Nazi stereographs were precious propaganda for the discerning fascist

The invasion of Poland as…

Stuff that I recommend you buy

I like the idea of ‘expert review’ websites like The Wirecutter where people put a lot of work into…

on tits and ghosts.

There’s this Italian deli near the cafe I work from most days, and I like getting lunch there.

I go to the gym every morning on weekdays and don’t go home to change afterwards, so the owners of the deli had, for a long time, only seen me look my worst; sweaty, greasy…

On girls, guns and stereotypes

My daughter is three years old, and she has started making guns. She makes them from duplo, from pegs and…

How to be a band in middle age

Thoughts on Radiohead’s ninth album

Ultimately, it’s a young person’s game, being in a band. That’s not to say it can’t work outside of youth, but if we want to identify the perfect preconditions for forming a band, we have to…

This is the real problem. Almost every time I see someone complain on my FB that “mainstream media” is REFUSING to cover whatever story, I go check. Almost every time, there will be a story there. The real complaint would be “I am not seeing this take over my entire social media world”. We consumers are the cause. From celebrity obsession to endless hollow punditry.

Why not being “black enough” makes people uncomfortable

One day a colleague asked me: “Why do you always look sad?”

“Er, sad?…Always?” I thought to myself. I was with a group of colleagues at the time. We were all hungry, chatting, and on our way to grab lunch…

Yes to the Dress?

My friend Laura June made me write a thinkpiece and I am very sorry.

There’s No Morality in Exercise: I’m a Fat Person and Made a Successful Fitness App

Darkness on a Saturday afternoon: the Ched Evans case