A way in
Writing
A way into the things I’ve written, rather than the whole lot. Start with a few selected pieces, browse by subject, or see the most recent longer posts.
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Selected writing
Twenty Ten (Part One): Hard Cheese
Abstract: Thankfully, there is no Part Two. Tags: snowcock, nanowrimo, manflu, cheese, depression Note: probably none of the links work now. I began 2010 by wishing everyone …
Unsafe discharge and death by licorice
Mum moved downstairs two months ago. It hasn’t been easy. The previous occupiers, our neighbours, left the house a filthy mess. Me and my brother got the kitchen and bathroom …
Funny old game
In the good old days, football was a simple game. You had eleven players and a substitute numbered 1 to 12, no shirt advertising, a referee and two linesmen, a manager, a trainer, …
Perceval House W5: Where Local Democracy In Ealing Goes To Die
The Children’s Centres Crusade Chapter 1: The Art of Political Contradiction In the London Borough of Ealing, our elected representatives have perfected something remarkable: the …
COPD
Last week I received confirmation of a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) based on results of spirometry tests back in August (it took that long for my GP …
Horseshit parade
I visited the Palace of Westminster this week with my big kid on an educational school trip. It was a very cold, wet and windy day, and we were patriotically under-dressed and sans …
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Browse by subject
Six broad routes into the writing. The full category taxonomy — including formats, workflow labels and narrower subjects — remains available in the Archive.
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Recent longform
- Live at the Counter Eurovision '79
- Unsafe discharge and death by licorice
- Where You Been?
- From Antisemite to Anti-American
- Digging the Lost Tapes Restoration of Grimsby's No. 1 Band in 1996
- Peak Absurdity on the Ski School Run
- The Pied Piper of Ealing
- Perceval House W5: Where Local Democracy In Ealing Goes To Die
- Hometown
- Person of Interest 101