Neef Ekpoudom's novelistic history of UK rap and grime will move you. There's a poem about aging that's also a yearning for possibility as a new year unfolds. And I share some of my favourite features by others on topics including age-gap relationships, crazy crisp flavours and the phenomenon of Fred Again.
Great post. One of the strangest things about the modern world is that even though we're supposed to be more connected than ever, we're experiencing true, meaningful connections far less than we were - due to so many distractions. The book review was excellent, too... 😎
Thanks Chris. You're spot on. I moan about this a lot. The illusion of connection. @rosiespinks wrote a brilliant piece about this last Christmas in relation to friendship and why it feels like admin. https://rojospinks.substack.com/p/the-friendship-problem
Fantastic review of Where We Come From. I’ve been waiting so long for this to come out, I’ll read and review it soon!
By chance I also read that article about the weirdly secretive world of crisp flavours. I used to live Belgium and despite being a mere stones throw from UK, it was so odd how paprika flavour dominated, then closely followed by pickle! I must admit to being that guy whose first stop on holiday in any other country is the local corner shop to find the oddest flavoured bag of crisps!
Great post. One of the strangest things about the modern world is that even though we're supposed to be more connected than ever, we're experiencing true, meaningful connections far less than we were - due to so many distractions. The book review was excellent, too... 😎
Thanks Chris. You're spot on. I moan about this a lot. The illusion of connection. @rosiespinks wrote a brilliant piece about this last Christmas in relation to friendship and why it feels like admin. https://rojospinks.substack.com/p/the-friendship-problem
Fantastic review of Where We Come From. I’ve been waiting so long for this to come out, I’ll read and review it soon!
By chance I also read that article about the weirdly secretive world of crisp flavours. I used to live Belgium and despite being a mere stones throw from UK, it was so odd how paprika flavour dominated, then closely followed by pickle! I must admit to being that guy whose first stop on holiday in any other country is the local corner shop to find the oddest flavoured bag of crisps!
Appreciate that, Michael. Yes, get into it. Wonderful prose.
I knew you were a crisp hunter the minute you told me about supermarket aisles :)
Looking forward to reading yours this weekend.