Some of my best bits so far

A selection of my favourite essays, columns and features. If you’re new to my writing, this is a decent place to start. If you want more, go on and subscribe to my substack.

Essays and Criticism:

Timelines of Our Lives -Wired

Peterson’s Complaint - Longreads

Our Lady of Complicity – Baffler

On Hope in Hopeless Times  -Wired 

You Are Not A Rebel - Baffler

This is Not the Apocalypse You Were Looking For -Wired

The Queer Art of Failing Better - Baffler

Tea, Biscuits and Empire - Longreads

No, I Will Not Debate You - Longreads

Who Does She Think She Is? - Longreads

The Future, Probably- New Inquiry

Notes on Nerd Entitlement - New Statesman

The Tragedy of James Bond - New Statesman

Maybe You Should Just Be Single - New Statesman

Gonzo journalism and political reporting: 

Front row at the slow death of the Tory party - British GQ

Fourteen hours in The Queue for the Queen - British GQ

Ship of Fools: Five days on a Cryptocurrency Cruise - Substack (originally for Breaker magazine)

I’m With The Banned - Medium

Lost Boys of the New Right- Pacific Standard

Inside the Whitehall police kettle - New Statesman

Inside the Parliament Square kettle - New Statesman