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Sea of Stars is the first video game I’ve properly fallen in love with since Breath of the Wild
Hark at me with my zeitgeist blog posts, but I’m really enjoying 2023’s charismatic tribute to the golden age of Japanese RPGs, Sabotage Studio’s Sea of Stars. I bought it for my quiet Christmas in suburban Luton, as part of what’s become a bit of a theme the past few months; an attempt to relearn Read more
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Thomas Crapper and a toilet seat made from the Elgin Marbles
I’ve been up and down to London like a cockney yo-yo the past few days. Thursday: a sketch rehearsal at Theatre Deli in the city, followed by a show at Hoopla Impro in London Bridge with some visiting pals (one a big improv enthusiast) from Istanbul. Friday: an improv session with an experienced improviser, Melissa Read more
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‘Decline Porn’: how far right YouTubers are pretending to be scared of London
Despite my excessively, almost self-parodically left-wing search history, I noticed recently that YouTube is trying to get me to click on videos of angry-looking white men doing walk-and-talk videos around London. In these, said white men (and, occasionally, women) walk around multicultural areas of London like Brixton and Whitechapel – let’s face it, it’s often Read more
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The Highchurches (or: The Threechurches) record a live session at BBC Maida Vale
Thanks so much to my very talented friends for making this happen. Maida Vale shuts its doors for good (as a BBC institution, at least) in a few months, so it felt faintly miraculous to get the five of us (three members of the band, my friend the sound engineer, and my friend the photographer) Read more
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An evening with John Lloyd and Steve Pemberton
Tonight was an End of the Pier show – not in the traditional sense, but these talks with comedy greats did take place at Horatio’s, the old karaoke bar at the end of Brighton pier. It was an interesting place to be on a dark and stormy night, and the waves looked garish in the Read more
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Prisoners for Palestine end their hunger strike
Prisoners for Palestine have ended their hunger strike, to a blaze of almost zero media coverage. There’s nothing about it on the BBC website. The Guardian did a story, but quickly removed it from their front page this morning. Despite this attempt to suppress the news, it remains, at the time of writing, the third Read more
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An Englishman, an Irishman, and a Scotswoman
“Don’t ruminate”, advised my teammate, Nick. Good and kind advice, but he might as well have told me not to breathe – my ADHD is of the “extremely sensitive to what people think of me” kind. So here’s what happened. I did my first improv show of the year with my troupe, Not Suitable For Read more
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I’m striking in solidarity with Prisoners for Palestine
I’m taking part in a 24 hour hunger strike on Sunday, in solidarity with Prisoners for Palestine and in collaboration with Hunger for Justice. This is part of a rolling collective hunger strike. I’ll be outside the Supreme Court in London from midday this coming Sunday 11th January. You can read the hunger strikers’ demands Read more
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The Chinese Plan To Use Our Buses For Nefarious Ends, Claims Parliament
A day that ended with Today in Parliament, in that I did the washing up while listening to MPs on Radio 4 worrying about “our enemies” (they meant China) being able to take control of our buses through smart technology. Quite how this would manifest itself, and what the danger would be, was unclear. If Read more
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