Aug 14, 2022Some London-based tattoo artists I likeTL;DR: I have many tattoos! I really enjoy following the work of tattoo artists on Instagram! Here are 24 of them whose work I like. They’re all based in London because that is where I am also based. Some quick notes: Quite a lot of them do stick and poke…3 min read3 min read
Jun 25, 2022Lessons from five years of freelancingI’ve been a full-time freelance journalist for five years! Here are some things I’ve learnt in that time: Always, always file on time. If editors know they can’t count on you, it’s incredibly easy for them to ditch you. When discussing a deadline with an editor, always give yourself an…3 min read3 min read
May 29, 2022I’m so boredHave you ever felt so bored that you want to go out into the street and grab strangers by the shoulders and look deep into their eyes and tell them, again and again, without breaking eye contact, about how bored you are? I would say I reach that level of…5 min read5 min read
Apr 14, 2022A non-exhaustive and entirely subjective guide to VeniceHello! I’m living in Venice for a little while. People tend to come to Venice on holiday. It’s one of those places. I’ve begun to know it reasonably well so I thought I’d tell you a bit about what I know. I — Food Venice has a bit of a reputation for being…15 min read15 min read
Jan 30, 2022ADHD recipesSome notes: Every recipe included here takes under 15 minutes to make and doesn’t require an oven, because I usually do not have the patience to cook for more than 15 minutes or wait for food that is in the oven. There will also be no advanced prep or “now…5 min read5 min read
Nov 27, 2021HungerI was born starving. As my mother tells it, I came out of her furious; I was fed then peacefully fell asleep. To this day, I often find hunger to be overpowering, a force that drives me more than anything else. It is hunger for food, of course, but also…3 min read3 min read
Oct 26, 2021Silk and bonesIt is hard to know how you feel about Timothee Chalamet when you are 27 and he is 23. This age gap isn’t grotesque and yet, there is a distance between his face and limbs and your appreciation of them. If lust is what happens when hope and curiosity collide…3 min read3 min read
Oct 26, 2021I do not want to workIf I were to give career advice to someone, I would gently tell them not to write something entitled “I do not want to work” then post that something in a place occupied by most of their potential future employers. I would tell them that it would be a silly…3 min read3 min read
Jun 15, 2021Football?I never understood the point of football. No-one in my family watches it, and my only childhood memory of it is of the time a player from our local team came to visit my school. We were about 10 or 11 and everyone lost their minds and fought to get…5 min read5 min read
Jan 23, 2021Wartime pyjamasWho do you think you are? I ask because I am not, it turns out, entirely sure who I am. I’d always thought identity worked a bit like being in a hall of mirrors — you project who you want to be onto others, and from the reflection they send…3 min read3 min read
