5 Chinese CrackersSomething wicked this way comesListen. Can you hear it? It’s the sound of an out of tune calliope crackling to life as a haunted carousel judders into motion. Around the…8 min read·Apr 28, 2023----
5 Chinese CrackersScary trends, trendy scaresImagine if the scariest, most strictest headmistress in the world ever was scared of something. What might that be? Go on. Imagine.3 min read·May 24, 2022----
5 Chinese CrackersNOThe Government is about to introduce new laws to protect freedom of speech in universities that could end up protecting holocaust deniers…5 min read·May 18, 2021----
5 Chinese CrackersThe more things change…You’ve probably noticed a bit of a surge in far right activity over the last couple of years. It might feel as if something that was deeply…10 min read·Aug 7, 2018----
5 Chinese CrackersProgressive eugenics?More pixels and ink have been wasted over the case of professional Gumby Toby Young this past couple of weeks than I think any of us would…10 min read·Jan 15, 2018----
5 Chinese CrackersPut Up a Parking LotHa ha. Look at them lemons in their pyjamas. Imagine doing that in your spare time. Imagine thinking that waving your legs about would work…7 min read·Oct 5, 2017----
5 Chinese Crackers(Mis)understanding dystopiaI read something today that was so bad, that at first I thought it was a parody. So bad, it heads toward being actually offensive. So bad…5 min read·May 2, 2017----
5 Chinese CrackersThe old school is the best schoolBack in the olden days, I used to write a blog about tabloid newspapers. I’d examine their stories to see how the facts had been monkeyed…6 min read·Sep 2, 2016----
5 Chinese CrackersWhat I like about…True Grit by Charles Portis‘Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!’7 min read·Jun 12, 2016--1--1