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My dramatic story of how I got lost in a Cambodian jungle
*Background*: I’ve been in Cambodia from 11-25 November, and I’m currently on a small island called Koh Rong in the south. I decided to walk from Koh Touch, where my hotel is, to Long Beach, which apparently has good snorkeling. (It does not). Google Maps told me it was 41 minutes and showed a clear…
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The Transphobia of Private Eye
Private Eye wrote a review of Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier. I wrote a response.
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How to Write a Cover Letter and CV: Publishing Edition
It’s tempting to see a cover letter as a place to wax lyrical about how passionate you are about the industry, how fascinating you find the process of getting books made, and how you’ve always been a voracious reader. This won’t get you anywhere, because it is exactly what everyone else is doing. In the…
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Five thoughts about the NT Live Encore performance of Fleabag
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is an even better actor than her TV performance gives her credit for. I’m still thinking about it.
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Smoke and Mirrors: The Psychology of Magic (Wellcome)
Magician Dr Will Houstoun says that for magic to work, you need someone to lie (the magician), and someone to believe that lie (an audience). That interaction is where magic happens. That interaction is also what this exhibition is about, which I went to a couple of weeks ago.
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Food Diary: Sweetbread Terrine and Sourdough
I made sweetbread (thyroid and pancreas) terrine. Here’s how I made it – I promise, it was delicious!
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‘My Journey to Lhasa’ by Alexandra David-Neel: A Forgotten Badass
You’ve probably never heard of Alexandra David Neel, a French woman who travelled throughout Asia in the early twentieth century. But you need to!
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Cadiz, 2019
There are four things I will remember from Cadiz. The first is the sparrows, which amass in vast numbers and sit on the back of the adjacent chair when you eat. Second is the limestone, made from the sand off the beaches, pitted with millions upon millions of shells. The third is the church bells…