Adventures in hatting
How quickly hobbies get out of hand. I wrote in a previous blog about how a habit of cleaning and maintaining my... Read More
The intricacies of bee etiquette
Fine news. Another edition of Ernest Journal is out. Featuring lots of grand stuff including pieces on Romanian bison, cocktail bitters, American... Read More
A trip to Japan
Last Friday, as most of the world was going about its more important business, I was sat in a restaurant on the... Read More
Shortlisted for the Bridport Prize
Ever read William Boyd’s Any Human Heart? I become increasingly convinced that his narrator, Logan, was onto something when he wrote that... Read More
Midsummer on the beach
I may have mentioned once or twice how much I love living in this inconvenient corner of North Yorkshire. However, there are... Read More
Field guns in the Kremlin
The other week, I took a little jaunt over to see my old mate P and his family in Moscow. I’ve been... Read More
Restoring a 1950s trilby
As those who’ve come across me in the unflattering light of the real world will know, I’m quite fond of wearing hats.... Read More
The Easter reset
A while ago, I was reading a fun article by Jeremy Anderberg on temporal landmarks, the basic idea being that there are... Read More
Mead fit for a king
‘Turbulent old time, the 17th century. It was the age of characters like Cardinal Richelieu and the Duke of Buckingham; of Oliver... Read More
No place like home
I’ve fluked some grand assignments in my time, but there’s nothing quite like writing about home. I moved up to North Yorkshire... Read More