Once a week, my grandad would bring me a McDonald’s strawberry milkshake. For a poor kid in the eighties, this was a mega treat. I have a clear image of him, standing impressively large in the doorway to our kitchen...
Category - Observations
Hungover, jet-lagged, close to delirious in a vintage fashion boutique in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, I don’t feel quite in my body, drifting somewhere beyond, behind. The hipster shop assistants suggest with their poise and cool...
It’s hard to put into words what makes my friend Becca so special. Perhaps it’s easier to describe what it’s like to spend time in her company. Almost instantly, you are infected with her enthusiasm and...
Warning: This article contains discussion of mental health, depression and suicide. Spoilers – I’ve tried to avoid specific details around the comic, but there are elements that might impact some people’s...
There is much to inspire awe within Ronald Hubert Sim’s Broadmead Baptist Church. Worshipers and architecture fans can find rapture in these bold, considered spaces. The entrance though is an anonymous, gloomy space that...
Many people regard Swindon as a desert – culturally, concretely, completely. They see it as the kind of place where nothing of note has ever or will ever happen. Growing up in Swindon, I know that this is simply not true...
I’ve rounded up some of my favourite artists, zine makers and independent publishers. I’ve included some pictures of these self-published and small press zines and comics as well as links on where to buy them or find...
Warning: contains spoilers. At what juncture in life do we consider ourselves victorious? Do we need to change the world? Build a legacy? Find happiness? And how long is this victory supposed to last? Is it simply enough to...
I sit out of sight, staring across at you and thinking back over all the times we shared together. Offering paper prayers to the dead on the Tibetan Plateau, getting dirty in the Cambodian jungle, scaling Scafell, descending...
Bristol is a city renowned for many things – its left-leaning alternative culture, vibrant music scene, street art, and the omnipresent fug of high-grade skunk. Architecturally though it draws a bit of a blank. Other than...