As this post makes its way to you, just in time to hit the end of April, I’m getting ready to go on a personally guided creative retreat AKA I’ve gone on holiday on my own with all of my pencils. This has been a good month I think, I’ve personally felt more positive about… View Post
Every man and his dog and his dog’s best friend has a blog or a YouTube channel or a podcast or at least has a social media account where they share their take on the day publicly. But far gone are the days when those takes on the day are just “Natalie is eating cereal… View Post
We live in a world in which we’re increasingly looking for control, for certainty. Before we leave the house we can check the weather, check the tube lines, check shared calendars, check our route, check how tall our favourite celebrity is. When we get in we can check how far we’ve walked, how much we’ve… View Post
Shoshana Zuboff’s The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power is the book which has had the single biggest impact on how I see the world in the last couple of years. I genuinely think I will look back at having read it and see it… View Post
I have a difficult relationship with my inbox. Getting my first email address, one that was named after a fandom, felt like a key to the world of the internet. It allowed me to do so much and it let me stay in touch with friends. But since then, that key hasn’t opened doors;… View Post
