Essays

Love Over 64 Squares: The Chessay

‘Chess is, in many ways, no different from sex.’

Oct 17 • Critick

I Forgot To Charge My Book

Never let the battery get in the way of a good story.

Oct 8 • Critick

Maybe This Subscription Will Change Something

Download another productivity app, that’ll fix it.

Sep 25 • Critick

The Dying Villains

How modern superheroes evolve to fit their enemies.

Sep 11 • Critick

Am I Doing University Wrong?

On the fear of missing out in the most social years of your life.

Aug 28 • Critick

A Picture’s Worth A Thousand Words

The role and function of the graphic novel.

Aug 14 • Critick

My years of being ‘spotty’ in school.

Jul 19 • Critick

This Is Barely A Pizza, But It’s Delicious Anyway

A journey through London in search of a pie.

Jul 5 • Critick

Hamlet Is Unfit To Be An Educator

The fictional, intellectual role-models of history.

Jun 20 • Critick

The Translator’s Poem

A poem I was told by an elderly translator in Italy.

Jun 7 • Critick

A Log Cabin And A Brick Phone

Escapism in the digital age.

May 25 • Critick

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