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A story about poetry and the intellectual illumination of noticing and naming, written with the help of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ted Hughes and Rupert…

May 20

The way that the human brain works, strong opinions like mine can lead to political breakdown, financial collapse and even death 💀

May 13

Following rides around Southern England in 2020 and Wales in 2021, I’m now 60 percent of the way round Britain… Or am I?

May 6

Connection from 300km of springtime, from Kings Lynn to Whitby

Apr 29

The sauna is a powerful keystone habit for one simple reason: 90 degree heat does terrible things to a smartphone

Apr 22

Learn the transformative mental health protocol pioneered by rap star Jay-Z

Apr 15

Do you enforce and enact traditional sexual scripts of male sexual control to get your rocks off? Okaaay… And how’s that working out for you?

Apr 8

Do you enforce and enact traditional sexual scripts of male sexual control to get your rocks off? Okaaay… And how’s that working out for you?

Apr 8

For about a year, I did nothing.

Apr 1

Surfing is exactly like snowboarding, except you’re being chased by an avalanche.

Mar 25

Heat, Fuel and Air. Oh no, wait - that's the fire triangle. So what's the travel triangle?

Mar 18

You might meet today with ‘inquisitive, ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men’. Maybe they’re suffering from a twisted omohyoid.

Mar 11

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