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Last night I was scraping the YouTube Jools Holland / Live Lounge barrel and came across something so… Read more: 30 years later: The Universal Hits Different

The best definition of camp I’ve heard is: “Regarding the serious things as trivial and the trivial things… Read more: Manila days

‘You’re losing all your highs and lows, ain’t it funny how the feeling goes away?’ I’ve found that… Read more: The 5 Killers songs that make me feel 17 again

When I first moved here 6 years ago I spent a lot of time walking the streets of… Read more: The Reassuringly Expensive Netherlands

Recently the news broke that a record 9.2 million British working age adults don’t have a job and… Read more: How covid broke our relationship to spending

I recently got into Robert Sapolsky lectures on YouTube, after hearing him on The Rest is Politics. The… Read more: The games we choose to play

Saltburn is a modern film, of its time in its portrayal of homo-eroticism and a quirky, ‘A24 horror’… Read more: Saltburn’s strange parallel with the refugee crisis

The point of learning any language, Dutch included; is to be able to communicate more clearly with the… Read more: Why we give up on Dutch

Isn’t it great when you learn a new word and realise you’ve been looking for it for years.… Read more: The Diderot effect

Did you know that you can only perceive an object’s colour if you’re looking directly at it, that… Read more: Yes it’s a glorified autocomplete, but so are you

I love the USA, its a Disney masterpiece, it’s a cheesy pop key change. American culture assumes the… Read more: 5 thoughts after 6 nights in America

In 2011, Jessie J waited patiently for Coconut Man, Moonhead and Pea to be ready before she bravely… Read more: What Jessie J taught us about money

I don’t really think of myself as having anxiety. I’ve never had medication for it and I’m aware… Read more: Ziggy and the worry hole

The moment I gave up on the new Dr Strange movie was when they labelled the different universes… Read more: Dr Strange and the Multiverse of your ordinary life

What do these two things have in common? In both cases it is implied that an unpleasant task… Read more: Maybe I don’t want to recycle

The war, reading the Guardian, being overwhelmed by ‘takes’ on Twitter, watching Russell Brands videos on it, and… Read more: Truth, lies, good and bad

Last summer I spent 2 weeks in the UK, after probably my longest time ever out of it.… Read more: Why being funny is the highest British value

Judging from my photo library I think it was probably Tuesday 7th June 2016 and I weighed about… Read more: How I lost 30 kg

When I saw this 10 second clip of Michael Gove clearly high on something strong, standing in the… Read more: Toxic Englishness

The chickens came before us – 10 million BCThe chickens could fly then, across the sea The world… Read more: Chicken conspiracy

Spend your attention, it doesn’t cost muchOn TikTok, Facebook and Disney Plus Spend your attention, you’ve got lots… Read more: Spend your attention

If there’s one thing I learnt last year it’s that people aren’t rational. In February 2020 Covid seemed… Read more: Why we’re out of the woods

In the 90s computers were tools who’s main purpose was to create and print Word files that we… Read more: Why you really want an Agile prime minister

Sometimes during this pandemic I had the feeling that we were missing the point with clumsy measures and… Read more: A thought on ventilation notifications

When I spent 3 months in Netherlands in 2013, I was filled with fresh enthusiasm – I saw… Read more: Why Netherlands is a bit boring when it comes to retail