Jake O’Brien MurphyCommunal Dining at The End of The WorldThe editor of Essential Journal, Will, usually leaves me to my own devices where my articles are concerned. In fact, I still think he is…4 min read·May 13, 2020----
Jake O’Brien MurphyWhat kind of cheese are you?!Clickbait fodder. I hate it. You’ll never guess why! Who would have thought that the intricate hamster wheel of our mind could be so…4 min read·Apr 22, 2020----
Jake O’Brien MurphyLooking For A LaughI’m not entirely sure when it happened, but the phrase “get the dog dressed” features so frequently in my day-to-day that it no longer…6 min read·Apr 20, 2020----
Jake O’Brien MurphyThe Bar at The End of The WorldOver the past twelve months, I have tried to force myself away from the transcendent cynicism that plonked me onto the doorstep of suicide…5 min read·Mar 18, 2020----
Jake O’Brien MurphyPuddle of MudAs of writing “She Hates Me” by the band Puddle of Mudd has 106,099,773 plays on Spotify. That is a few decades short of seven hundred…13 min read·Mar 6, 2020----
Jake O’Brien MurphyWhat makes a Madeleine?Fergus Henderson looks as if somebody has spent all of their waking hours feeding a Quentin Blake illustration blood sausages. You might…7 min read·Feb 12, 2020----
Jake O’Brien MurphyBeigel BakeThe night tiptoes towards its inevitable end, but there’s no telling that from the faithful congregation sardined between the white tiled…4 min read·Jan 26, 2020----
Jake O’Brien MurphyLadderLooking outside in, there’s nothing out of the ordinary about Satan’s Whiskers. People dart past never looking up in that…5 min read·Jan 23, 2020----
Jake O’Brien MurphySchucksJonathan Swift once said, “He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.” but then I always wonder about the first lunatic to purchase a…4 min read·Dec 30, 2019----
Jake O’Brien MurphyPicked MintIf you could summarise your life behind bars in mint picked, how much do you think you’d end up with? I bet it’s a lot. There was a point…4 min read·Dec 18, 2019----
