An Interview (And A Few Things I've Been Reading/Doing)
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A Factual Report Of An Encounter With Some Cows During A Walk in England
Cows were like, ‘What are you doing in our field?’ and I was like, ‘Well, it’s actually a public footpath. It says so over there, on a sign.’ And cows were like, ‘We don’t do signs.’ And I was like, ‘Well, if you want extra evidence, it’s
Saturday's Newsletter (And Some Free Art For New Subscribers)
Apologies: I changed email sending domains a couple of weeks ago and I've since discovered that, due to a glitch in the changeover (hopefully all sorted now), only a smallish percentage of subscribers received my latest essay on Saturday. It's quite a hefty one which I
A Summer's Tale
The full version of today's essay, which is about a hot dry summer, the books I've been reading during it, a little-known French film from 1996, and what we mistake for knowledge in 2026, is for paying subscribers only. If you'd like to
Signed books! (And free art by my mum)
My mum, Jo, who has illustrated the inside of many of my books, has just very generously sent me a lovely package of handmade bookmarks (see above), featuring several of her linocut illustrations. I'm making these available exclusively on a first-come-first-served basis with the pile