Category: Essays

Reflections treated with disproportionate seriousness.

Accidental Homoerotic Aerospace Terminology

There are few modern experiences more destabilising than innocently using a phrase you have understood perfectly well your entire life, only to discover the internet has quietly been doing something unspeakable to it for the past fifteen years.

Processed Meat

Human beings will tolerate astonishing levels of inconvenience provided the system surrounding the inconvenience appears coherent, sincere, and proportionate.

The Ceremony of the Mundane

Choosing the correct ceremonial moment is difficult to define precisely, but is instantly recognisable when achieved – and equally noticeable when missed.