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
The code of life
// SIGNAL: INTERGENERATIONAL LINK Big kid has been learning about WWII at school. He took in a photo of his great grandfather (my Grandpa on my Dad’s side). Grandpa Fred was a …
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 …
The art of a good sandwich
Let’s get something out of the way before we get into the meat, or the filling, of this post. A sandwich is two slices of bread. Buttered. I don’t want to hear anything about OPEN …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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