On Wednesday I was lucky enough to visit Pinewood Studios with (my brother from another mother) Benjy to watch TaskMaster being filmed. He had managed to get tickets for both the afternoon and evening shows and having turned up the week before only to be told they oversold on tickets and he wouldn't be going [...]
CAMPNANOWRIMO – July 2019
I have just completed my National Novel Writing Month project for July. It was touch and go on a number of occasions but I am proud to announce that the first draft of The Gift Shop is now complete. It's one of the most personal stories I've ever written and, as tends to be the [...]
My First Pride
I've always thought Pride was important. Pride with a capital P but pride is also important. That's why I felt very lucky yesterday when I got to take part in the London Pride parade alongside a number of my fabulous new work colleagues. It was such an incredible and moving experience and one I wanted [...]
I’m No Superman
35mm Costa Rica.
This photo was from my first day in Costa Rica, where I wandered around San Jose, made friends with Joey from Denver, and read most of a book while sipping iced coffee high above street level. I was drunk. We were drunk. This was a real bonding experience for the five of us. Later, I [...]
Catching up
A good friend of mine moved away two months ago to take up an amazing opportunity, the selfish bastard. It's strange to realise just how much a friendship can come to mean to you in the space of a year. This weekend was the first time we were able to hang out since he moved [...]
Taking Time
I've got into a terrible habit in recent years of stretching myself too thin. I can't help but agree to things. I'm something of a yes man. What I found in Costa Rica was that I enjoyed not having anything too concrete in the way of plans, and not being at everyone's beck and call [...]
Costa Rica – week two
My second week in Costa Rica has just meant more adventures. We visited a coffee co-operative where I learnt about the ridiculous amount of work that it takes for a cup of coffee to end up in front of me. Then I had a cup and saw into the future. The best goddamn coffee I've [...]
Costa Rica – week one
I don't know if I'll be able to sum up what I have done and seen in the last week. It feels like I've been on the road for a lot longer than is possible. Every place I have visited has been beautiful in its own way, from the city of San Jose up into [...]
Body Worlds
For my birthday I was given tickets to the Body Worlds exhibit off Piccadilly Circus. It’s the travelling exhibition of turtleneck and Birkenstock-loving cadaver enthusiast, Dr Gunter von Hagens. The exhibition is spread over a number of floors high above the city and it made me weep. When I was in school I had very [...]
