Archive - Idle Thoughts

I argued that women had to take greater responsibility for our delusions about men on a podcast. Some women didn't like that.

Apr 11 •

March 2024

on turning thirty fucking six

Mar 26 •

welcome back to the stage.... men!

Mar 13 •

February 2024

more trans culture war, vicar?

Feb 28 •

some positive reflections on my life after a challenging winter

Feb 22 •

January 2024

light and vapour

no writing memoir is not "therapeutic"

Jan 17 •

November 2023

Why do I have to be happy about being single?

Nov 27, 2023 •

I thought I would love five weeks away writing a book in Spain. I was wrong.

Nov 19, 2023 •

October 2023

On the shelf in my living room is a bundle of birth, wedding and death certificates, tracing my heritage down from the birth of my late grandmother in…

Oct 23, 2023 •

September 2023

some reflections on instagram, beauty and self-image

Sep 29, 2023 •

on living with the distress of others

Sep 19, 2023 •

on refusing the trap of widespread narcissism

Sep 11, 2023 •

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