The Salmon
You wanted me to notice you, wearing those bright pink leggings – fuchsia, magenta, whatever. I noticed. I cared. Yes, I cared. Then you slipped into the fridges, swimming through the trolleys and pushchairs – like a salmon. That’s it! The leggings were salmon, and bright, oh so bright
I shaved my moustache in Movember
In the face of an identity crisis, a failed attempt to be Bashar al-Asad for Halloween, motherly disapproval, and being told that ‘bops aren’t for 24-year-olds’, I decided to shave my moustache, hell my entire facial hair, in the middle of Movember. That’s right, I caved. It would b
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon: A Review
Thomas Pynchon’s history is flat. If anything, historians tend to think the periods of history they study are the turning point; Pynchon does the opposite. His novels are most often historical fiction, but they use history in odd ways. His characters—no matter whether they’re in the 18th centu
I Dated Oxford Men So You Don’t Have To.
Eight weeks into my Oxford term, after enough pints to kill a Victorian child and enough small talk to power a minor political campaign, I have conducted an experiment. A social one. Or maybe just a nosy one. The guiding question: What are Oxford men like? My curiosity stemmed from the susp
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons: Pre-Show Interview
We sit on yoga mats in Wadham’s Moser Theatre on a rainy Tuesday of Week 0 as I speak to Lighthouse Productions about their debut show, Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons. The play imagines a world in which speech is regulated by law, but it quickly becomes clear that its real concerns are subtler
