reading lists.

investigations

doing stuff

Could magic mushrooms fix your brain? Inside Europe’s first psychedelic retreat
Aug 2019longer stuff · travel
Setting a stupid, painful record for eating the world’s hottest chilli
Mar 2025food · longer stuff
Going off grid: My week in the wilderness
May 2017longer stuff · travel
It takes a village: Do we need to rethink our attitude to old age?
Apr 2025longer stuff

weird interviews

Jordan B Peterson, the unlikely conservative hero
Jul 2018books · interviews · longer stuff
James Franco
Sep 2013interviews · longer stuff · screen
Billy Zane
Feb 2016interviews · longer stuff · screen
Sir Ben Kingsley
Mar 2013interviews · longer stuff · screen
Kelsey Grammer
Jun 2016interviews · longer stuff · screen

essays

What is middle age? The melancholy of midlife
Apr 2024longer stuff
From fake AI journalism to very real lives: An anatomy of a scoop
Sep 2025longer stuff
The Smiths debut album at 40
Apr 2024music
How Bloodborne dragged me through the dark days of lockdown
Feb 2021games · longer stuff
Where Succession succeeded: An anatomy of a modern classic
Jun 2023longer stuff · screen

one star reviews

Trainspotting the Musical
Jul 2026music · theatre
David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020
May 2021art & design
Trader Vic's
Nov 2013food
Les Misérables
Jan 2013screen
The Immersive Wolf Of Wall Street
Nov 2019theatre
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jul 2014theatre

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