

New writing studio
If you wonder where I am in 2015, more often than not this is where I'll be. In a converted shipping container in Deptford, alongside the...

On watching Distant, a film by Nuri Bilge Ceylon
Forgive me for spoiling the ending here (though with a film like Distant, there’s really no risk of spoilers because there's barely...


On seeing Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace
Boy was I glad to have spotted the £1 Ai Weiwei Exhibition guide on a table in the Blenheim Palace foyer. Without it there would have...


On reading Journey by Moonlight, by Antal Szerb
Hungarian newlyweds get separated on a train during their honeymoon in Italy. So begins an uplanned journey that runs in parallel with...


A world without advertising (no. 002)
The view from the Timber House at Skinidin on the Isle of Skye, last week. You can see more photos from this beautiful and calming part...


On reading Hidden Knowledge, by Bernardine Bishop
Bernardine Bishop undoubtedly gathered a lot of knowledge about human nature and human relationships during her long career as a...


A world without advertising (no. 001)
Billboard, Bermondsey.


On the similarities between writing and lying down in a cyanide bath
Writing is a process, just as making a sculpture or designing a building is a process. In abstract, that’s a reassuring fact, one that...


On the relationship between notebooks and the weather
For me there’s only one notebook for the times when I need to write things out long-hand (for example, when I’m struggling to crack a...


Seven American ways of saying 'a pie'
Blue jeans, Harley Davidsons, open roads and vintage skyscrapers are all said to be ‘as American as apple pie’ – a phrase that dates at...