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
Bonfire of the potatoes
Abstract: Everyone needs good neighbours. Tags: Bonfire Night, Guy Fawkes, neighbours On Saturday night, I shared a bonfire - in honour of the last person to enter the UK …
The World Cup on drugs: pure-grade heroin cut with shavings of Clive Tyldesley
If England’s game against Algeria had been a Wimbledon tennis match, the two sides would still be at it today with the Dutch Master Johan Cruyff declaring it the greatest example …
Clear and obvious error
After watching and re-watching the same three-second clip of nothing happening for so long that here in the UK we had to put our clocks back another hour just to have enough time …
Person of Interest 101
The voicemail asked me to call 101 and quote my call reference number. It took three attempts to get through to a human being. I guess they really are all busy dealing with …
A new hope
It’s been quite a week. My Mum has had a rough few years. Eight years ago, aged 71, she lost John (my step-Dad) to cancer. One moment he was fine, the next he started deteriorating …
(There's Only One) Jimmy Carter (the footballer, not the peanut farmer)
A long time ago, back in January 2010 in fact, Dan Lynch’s band 20lb Sounds released their song Jimmy Carter (20lb Sounds) / CC BY-SA 3.0: This is our first original release. It’s …
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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