Archive - Idle Thoughts

why am I doing this job?

Jan 27 •

December 2024

idle thoughts post-surgery

Dec 15, 2024 •

September 2024

My new book: 'Love in Exile'

will be published on 6th February. Here's the cover, more details and a link to pre-order it.

Sep 5, 2024 •

August 2024

what listening to Charli XCX in the car taught me about life

Aug 24, 2024 •

July 2024

we have got to stop meeting like this.

Jul 22, 2024 •

May 2024

on the strange dance between editor and author

May 14, 2024 •

April 2024

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, 2024 •

March 2024

on turning thirty fucking six

Mar 26, 2024 •

welcome back to the stage.... men!

Mar 13, 2024 •

February 2024

more trans culture war, vicar?

Feb 28, 2024 •

some positive reflections on my life after a challenging winter

Feb 22, 2024 •

January 2024

light and vapour

no writing memoir is not "therapeutic"

Jan 17, 2024 •

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