Oct 29, 2020If you have an issue with free meals for needy children then you have a problemDuring the height of the coronavirus pandemic young Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford used his considerable influence to front a campaign to help provide free school meals for children during the extended break and the summer months that followed. To most, the actions of the 22-year-old were greeted…Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
Mar 16, 2020A guide to surviving the ‘stay at home’ apocalypse, or ten tips to making the coronavirus outbreak manageable…What I’m about to tell you won’t immunize you from the virus itself, but could perhaps (I hope), make life during this period just a little more palatable.Coronaviruses8 min readCoronaviruses8 min read
Published inStorius Magazine·May 29, 2019Why Chernobyl Might be the Greatest TV Show Ever MadeThe term ‘Nuclear Meltdown’ might be the scariest ever constructed. Sure the words individually ‘Nuclear’ and ‘Meltdown’ are worrying enough on their own. But together. Wow. Let’s just say that on hearing such a term uttered in your presence, in a real-time, very genuine context. Well. You may as well…Chernobyl6 min readChernobyl6 min read
Nov 21, 2018How 24/7 News and the Social Media Age Made Us All Heartless CynicsThe genie is out of the bottle and we can’t force it back in. If you’re honest. The last time you read or heard about the latest mass shooting tragedy, did it even shock you? Did it even register? Or did you consume the bite-sized portions offered to you (number…Media7 min readMedia7 min read
Nov 17, 2018The Car CrashesThe car crashes. Like he always knew it would. He had no choice. He had to run and he needed a car in order to run. He owed money, far more than he could ever afford to pay back. He was in a cycle and he could not get out. …Fiction2 min readFiction2 min read
Nov 14, 2018The Lost Art Of Giving a Sh*tWhat has gone wrong with the world and where did all the douchebags come from? Wait. I’ll hang around for you to ponder this large intangible as I hold myself in ahead of this oncoming rant that’s been building up inside me, from my gut to my brain. Is it…Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
Nov 12, 2018Hello Old Friend or How I Allowed a Record to Consume Me Whole“I don’t have to sell my soul, he’s already in me” They say, and by ‘they’ I’m not entirely sure who I mean, that your musical taste is formed at the age of 13 or thereabouts. This musical taste is next to impossible to lose. Either deliberately or otherwise. …Music5 min readMusic5 min read
Dec 22, 2017Donald Trump: Why the 45th President of the United States is the most evil man alive todayWe didn’t all see it coming. Some of us on Planet Earth assumed the mere presence of ‘The Orange One’ among the assortment of malcontents running for the Republican ticket for the 2016 election was at best, a comedic masterstroke, and at worst, nothing more than confirmation that as a…Donald Trump8 min readDonald Trump8 min read
Nov 27, 2016It’s, not, the end of the world as we know it: How Fear Porn does little to calm troubled watersIt’s, not, the end of the world as we know it: How Fear Porn does little to calm troubled waters 2016 has been a tough year hasn’t it. Influential musicians dropping like flies and arseholes (the correct English spelling) winning elections. This has led to a myriad of columnists waxing…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Published inApplaudience·Nov 18, 2016Tom Hanks 2020: Yes He CanTom Hanks 2020: Yes He Can We live in dark times. Very dark times. The next leader of the free world is this guyMovies3 min readMovies3 min read
