Culture
The Times – Soul Dogs
In Vashti Bunyan’s Wayward I came across the concept of ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ dogs, which I pursued to the back teeth of the internet (where people see their dead dogs […]
The Spectator – Provincial Auction House Boom
For The Spectator I wrote about my obsession with online auctions and how online auction websites have resulted in boom times for provincial auction houses. Read here.
The Guardian – A Moment That Changed Me
For The Guardian I wrote about an ostensibly small moment during which I made a decision that changed everything for me. It was like being rewired. Read here. […]
Air Mail – Waiting For Godet
For Graydon Carter’s Air Mail I went to Saint Paul de Vence in the South of France and discovered the most incredible story of the perfume house’s 21st […]
The Fence – Voyage of the Damned
For The Fence I wrote about a what I thought was going to be a wildlife cruise while on honeymoon in Cuba. I had been reading Moby Dick […]
The Spectator – Finding my family roots in Spain
For The Spectator I wrote about finding my family roots in a tiny mountain village in Asturias, Spain, where my great-grandmother, Angeles Martinez, lived and died. And why […]
The Guardian – The Ritual Turning of The Stone
For The Guardian I wrote about the ritual ‘Turning of the Stone’ in my local village – an ancient ritual that occurs every November 5th.
Vogue – Lockdown on a Remote Island
I wrote about life on a 3 mile long, 1/2 mile wide island during a four month lockdown; learning about interspecies interconnection and when it’s time to leave […]
Guardian Country Diary
I wrote about the changing of the clocks for The Guardian Country Diary
Piece for the Financial Times
For the Financial Times I wrote about one of my favourite paintings and how it relates to one of my favourite activities, housesitting other people’s beautiful homes. To […]
For The Fence: How My Dad Poisoned Himself Making Spitting Image Puppets
For this piece for The Fence I asked my dad to cast his mind back 40-odd years to one of the many weird and chaotic occurrences of his […]
Feature For The Fence
You may, or may not, remember the videos I used to share of myself interviewing glittering celebrities. For The Fence, I wrote about what happened behind the scenes […]
Article For The Guardian
For The Guardian, I wrote about how the rural housing crisis has been exacerbated by the pandemic. This stretches all the way from Devon and Cornwall to the […]
Overheard In Art Galleries Piece For The Fence
I went lurking around London’s galleries writing down all the pretentious and ridiculous things I overheard there. Available in print only for The Fence. You can subscribe to […]
New Article For Vogue
I wrote for British Vogue about why I wore my mother’s wedding dress after my parents divorced. About sentiment, superstition, heirlooms and searching for a sense of permanence […]
In Sickness And In Health: Piece For The Fence Magazine
“My levels of paranoia quickly reach coked-up Ray Liotta at the end of Goodfellas. I refuse to see or touch anyone. Those helicopters are following me.” I wrote […]
Article For Tribune
For Tribune I wrote about the power of protest witnessed globally with the Black Lives Matter movement and wielding that power on a local scale. And the hospital in […]
Piece For Vogue
For Vogue I wrote about my sister and her experience of having cancer and waiting for a stem cell transplant during coronavirus, and what it’s been like to watch. Click Here.
Article For The Independent
I wrote a front page story for The Independent about dreams, how the militarised language surrounding the pandemic is creeping into our unconscious, and what we can take from it. Click […]
Interview With Picturehouse’s Clare Binns
For This Way Up film and cinema conference I interviewed Picturehouse’s joint Managing Director (and powerhouse) Clare Binns about how she worked her way up to the top […]
Piece for the New Statesman
I spent an unfortunate amount of time on sex doll/bot forums, and somehow I didn’t lose my sense of humour entirely. Here’s the resulting piece I wrote for […]
Interview With Writer, Ming Ho
I interviewed with the incredibly inspiring Ming Ho about her career as a writer, caring for her mother, and her advice to anyone in a similar situation … https://ttin.uk/ming-ho
Interview on ‘Pandemic Lack of Inclusion’ in British Film Industry
I interviewed Clare Anyiam-Osigwe, marketing director and chief finance officer for BUFF, The British Urban Film Festival, about how to change the practices of ‘the old boys club’ that […]
Daphne Review
My review of the Daphne is up on the BFI’s ‘feminism in film’ website, TTIN. Click here: https://ttin.uk/daphne-review You can watch in cinemas now or on BFI player.
The Art of Dream Interpretation
In the new, very Hockney-esque, issue of Breathe Magazine I have written an article on everything you need to know about dream interpretation through the ages and how […]
New Article for Breathe Magazine
My article Ringing in the New, is now out in Breathe Magazine. It is about the origins of campanology its mental and physical advantages and an interview with […]
Short Piece About Being A Hermit For The Guardian
“How Did This happen?” Is definitely something I’ve been asking myself. To read about my experience click here. (I never said off-grid, I’m not a plonker.)
ORDINARY BRAVERY: IN LESBOS AND ATHENS, REFUGEES LIVE IN LIMBO [PHOTO ESSAY]
Regarding whether art can re-humanise, and be a constructive response to the refugee crisis. Chronicling the stories of the everyday bravery that goes into finding a safe roof […]
What Does Sonita Mean?
Originally published on TTIN in lieu of Sundance winning film Sonita‘s release. Read here. (On Sonita, women singing in Iran, and forced/child marriage …)
Fave Women In Film
Stupidly missed out Britney in Crossroads. Here are some of my favourite women in film: https://ttin.uk/in-praise-of-women-girls (And actually on a more serious note I did forget Francis from […]
Summertime Review …
My review of Summertime featuring love and French lesbians, need I say more? (I do, in this …)
Article for VICE
I gots some smartsfor the post-Brexit economy in VICE. Take my advice and run with it (maybe to a nicer country). Read here.
Interview With Luisa Omielan
I interviewed the extremely awesome Luisa Omielan. Ever worried about your ‘thigh gap’? Luisa really doesn’t want you too. Read here.
Mustang Film Review
The BFI kindly schlepped me up to Sheffield to review the Oscar-nominated Mustang. It is excellent. It is better than The Virgin Suicides and The Great Escape, go and […]
Interview for Bric+ Magazine
I interviewed TV celebrity chef Ching He Huang and got a surprise lesson in Eastern mysticism and the philosophy of food. She’s the coolest chef I know, maybe that […]
New Interview For Isintown is out …
The only fashion magazine that’s cool enough to let me reference The Simpsons and compare a girl to Russell Crowe. Go out and buy it at Wardour News, […]
Editor of isintown …
I got to do some funny interviews for a fashion magazine, making this the best fashion magazine out there. Available at at all classy newsagents …