Posts

• A Snake in the Mouth

  One of the naive assumptions behind single-sex schooling is that separating pupils along the gender binary removes the ‘problem’ of…
  Oct 6, '25

• I sentence you to a nuanced labyrinth!

  In anticipation of reading We Love You, Bunny, Mona Awad’s recently-released sequel to Bunny, I revisited the original. I recalled…
  Oct 3, '25

• Ottessa, my literary antihero

  This has been an interesting month of reading. I’ve been getting through books at a rate rivalling that of my…
  Sep 24, '25

• Loneliness and riot

  What a vision of loneliness and riot the thought of Margaret Cavendish brings to mind! as if some giant…

  Sep 17, '25

• One nation, under drugs

  Ocean Vuong is a generous and compassionate speaker and writer, and a subtle observer of softness and innocence. In his…
  Sep 13, '25