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Assisted Dying
MPs have just voted against legalising assisted dying. This is the second attempt, and it failed. Somehow, once again, this stupid country has decided that the answer to people facing the final decision of their lives is to tell them…
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Is Authenticity Just Another Aesthetic Now?
Authenticity feels like a strategy nowadays. It’s something we’re all sort of expected to be, because being real has become commodified. Like everything else in this post-truth late-stage capitalist hellscape, it is a curated façade. We all have to be…
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Absurdism
I rarely delete posts from this blog, even the ones written late at night that I might regret in the morning. But I’ve just deleted my latest one. I’m not sure if I should have, perhaps I should have let…
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The Israel-Palestine Conflict
Preface In the last few years, I have noticed a sense of unease throughout the world, compounded by events that highlighted our vulnerability, societal division, and the fragility of our shared values. The COVID-19 pandemic in particular halted the rhythms…
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The 10 Best TV Shows Ever
It’s impossible to have an objective opinion on this topic. There’s no reality where I can provide what I believe to be the ten greatest television shows of all time without being completely biased or emotional. This list is entirely…
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September
Before I write one of these posts, I try to think about what I actually want to say. There’s nothing wrong with rambling on about a random topic, and there’s sometimes a need for a discussion around a particular theme,…
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Remembering John (Year 4)
It’s now been four years since John died. I do still think about him, not just when I go near West Hampstead station either. He represented something between me and my dad, and it was quite special as I doubt…
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May
Does anyone actually find introductions easy to write? Whether a blog post or an essay, I never know how to start. I sort of have an idea of what I want to write about but I can’t always get going…
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February
I have no idea how I got to be so jaded. I wasn’t always this way. I had a lot of hope as a kid, loads of exciting plans for the future. I used to make home movies and draw…