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The Weekly Howl
The British government just did something I agree with, and it feels almost gross to mention it. Also: who invented the week? And some Beeching-themed…
Nov 19
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Inform, Educate, Implode
This week: one weird trick to combat bias at the BBC! Also: what’s the largest local authority in England; and the ballad of Nim Chimpsky.
Nov 12
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International Services
This week: some scattered thoughts on events in the US; and a surprisingly long-read about why Stratford International station has never seen an…
Nov 5
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October 2025
Clickbait Will Kill Us All
This week: a brief rant about news values; some stuff that probably shouldn’t be taught in schools; and a journey planner for your trip to early modern…
Oct 29
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It’s racist, it’s extremist and it’s immoral
The right is still calling for deportations, and the government is still being cowardly about it. Also: London’s first green belt; some notes on a…
Oct 22
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The Two Minutes Hate
Some thoughts on what pile-ons are doing to our brains, because ouch. Also: everything objectively insane about Kash Patel’s “challenge coin”; and meet…
Oct 15
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…but with a whimper
This week: the Tories are dying, and it’s less fun than I’d imagined? Also: a new way of mapping urban UK; and some anti-car propaganda from the Walt…
Oct 8
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From the Outside
This week: everything I thought about Labour conference while not being there. Also: a deep dive into Cornish separatism and the nature of national…
Oct 1
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September 2025
What Do We Have To Lose
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him? Plus: some natural borders…
Sep 24
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Book Club: What Shape is History?
An extract from The Cultural Tutor: Forty-Nine Lessons You Wish You’d Learned at School, by Sheehan Quirke.
Sep 20
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The Cultural Tutor
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The Answer May Surprise You
This week: is the British right approaching a tipping point? Also, some people who lived longer than you thought; and a century of Sheffield just…
Sep 17
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Why is there a universe anyway?
A thematically connected pair of extracts from my new (old) book.
Sep 13
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