Just after 8pm on Wednesday, 27th May, as I was trying to get my boys to bed, my youngest sister Julie messaged me via WhatsApp. Considering I stopped watching the BBC soap opera over four and a half years ago. The subject matter drew a blank, but the subject himself was actually my friend Ali […]
North London Forever
A few years ago I decided to create a Gooner WhatsApp group with some of my close friends whom also happened to be diehard supporters of the club in red and white. In a weird twist of fates (you know how much of a date guy I am). The group was created on 26th May […]
Whatever It Takes
[Courtesy of posterity.studios]
Code Red Emergency
What do you consider an emergency? For my family, for many years it was that Sky had stopped working and they would ring me – the eldest and only son in the family. Now, this is no longer an issue as they have normal terrestrial TV through an aerial but like most households the majority […]
It’s Now or Never
It is super rare for me to spend an afternoon with my eldest sibling (not elder – that is me remember!) and we planned an afternoon in the City so I had booked the afternoon off months ago. I was looking forward to the post-morning period of freedom. I pre-booked the train tickets (via TrainLine) […]
Micro Aggressions
I have to be very careful here but let me take you back to 1992. I was in Year 5 at Lansdowne County Middle School. Please note the system in Buckinghamshire was different then; we went to secondary school from Year 8, not Year 7. Therefore, I still had two years left. Since this occurred […]
Just Imagine… Imagine If It All Came True
The majority of my posts are related to music, and this most recent post is no different. Music is the ultimate time machine. It can take us to places that very few other things (emotionally) can. What were you doing in September 2000? If you were around, I was starting University, having just recovered from […]
The Right Moment, The Perfect Song
In years past, I would have downloaded the new releases from the #NewMusicFriday playlist before leaving the house, departing (as I was today) for my work trip to the capital. The Uber had been pre-booked (Uber call the service ‘Reserve’) days before for super early 6:30am departure. Downloading them while still having access to my […]
Slowly Learning Life Is Okay
Almost exactly a year ago, as our family holiday in Spain was drawing to a close, I did what I always seem to do: I pondered the future. Where would I be in twelve months? Would things look or feel any different? Classic overthinker move. It’s such a human thing—this compulsion to squint into the […]
Dropping out of the MCU
This is an extremely painful post to write. Yet I feel I need to record the moment I took an enforced step back from popular culture. I wish I could say the hiatus is for a specific period but the reality is the break length is unknown. It is clear to all that I am not […]