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Tokyo diary: day one
Tokyo, 2am Saturday 2nd December Hello! I write from a hotel between the Japanese Sword Museum and the National Sumo Arena. I landed at half nine local time, took a while to get through security, took a monorail, and arrives at the hotel just before midnight. On my way, I saw the traditional Friday night… Read more
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The Ace Doctor Who Podcast Returns
I’m very happy to say we’ve brought our Who podcast back, and parachuted in a third host to boot. Welcome, Kamal! We reviewed The Star Beast, first of the 60th anniversary specials, and will have more episodes to come. Please return to us, o listeners, I promise we are still good podcast company. Here is… Read more
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Jim Bob review: Chalk, Brighton 19th November 2023
Jim Bob, former Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine frontman and professional rabble rouser, is on stage in sunglasses and a particularly sparkly jacket. This is a rearranged gig from the summer, postponed when the hotel next to the venue burned down just before showtime. The singer addresses the walrus in the room. “We were gonna… Read more
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I dream of infinite forking malls
Last night I had a dream in which I met my friends Paul and Nathan immediately after a job interview. I was extremely dopey and out of it but the plan was for us to meet in Sydenham and walk up to Crystal Palace station, to meet Chlöe, Paul’s partner. It’s a very easy and… Read more
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Meanwhile in the Straight Sauna
“What’s said in the sauna stays in the sauna”. The man is from Essex, and is in his late thirties or early forties. He has the one haircut middle aged geezers from Essex are allowed to have. He is talking to his friend (of a similar age, originally from Surrey, passive) about music, girls, and… Read more
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National March for Palestine, 11th November 2023
This was the biggest one yet – estimates of 800,000, and certainly the largest UK protest since the anti-Iraq war one twenty years ago. I received a lot of messages from friends telling me to “stay safe” and “be careful”, which makes me worry that people are increasingly afraid to assert their rights. Certainly the… Read more
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March for Palestine, Brighton, November 5th 2023
After last week’s march in London [1], I stayed closer to home this time around. The situation in Gaza is beyond imagination. I hope these protests grow and grow, week by week, until we can no longer be ignored. The strength of feeling in Britain for an immediate ceasefire, revealed both in polling and the… Read more
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Mom’s Room, West Kensington, October 2023
This is officially the first event I’ve been to in an abandoned primary school. Self described as “an elegant and filthy comedy night”, I headed along to Mom’s Room, an extremely alternative and experimental comedy show – after seeing my suburban pals in New Malden, for maximum juxtaposition. It was only en route that I… Read more
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National March for Palestine, October 28th 2023
“You realise I’m just using you for your whiteness – you’re my safe white friend to shield me in case the police want to arrest me!” My friend was joking, but she kind of wasn’t. Marching for peace while brown isn’t *entirely* outlawed yet, but given recent comments by the Home Secretary, it’s only a… Read more
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A day in the life
It’s nearly 2am and I remain stubbornly awake. I’ve had a lot of manic energy the past few days, and also consumed too much caffeine, which strangely hasn’t helped. So I thought I’d while away these dark hours by writing a post in the traditional “what I got up to this weekend” format, so beloved… Read more
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