Containing links to writing in The Guardian, The Spectator, The Independent, The Times, GQ Magazine, The Daily Mail, The Telegraph and work done for LBC, Channel Five & the BBC
In what can only be described as a “filler” segment I debated Lembit Opik on the constitutional and democratic crisis created by a female MP appearing on a reality TV[...]
Apparently chewing gum matters to people. It matters to them a great deal. This little piece for the Guardian was the most commented, most read piece on the day it[...]
The US Guardian called me a ‘young curmudgeon’ but I stand by every word of this piece about just how truly overhyped New Year’s Eve is. Proud of the reception[...]
I wrote this well-received piece on rom coms at Christmas for the Guardian. As the winter onslaught of stollen, goose fat and sloe gin risks leaving you feeling like the[...]
I wrote a piece for Louise Mensch’s website “Joyhacks” on how to be happy in your twenties. 10. Cosy travel is for retirement The joys of youth hostels, blisters, dengue[...]
I recently wrote for GQ magazine about changes to the justice system. Already it’s clear that many more trials are being conducted by people struggling to represent themselves. Socrates represented[...]
I wrote a piece for the Guardian on whether politicians make good comedians: Few politicians have ever possessed the skill and ease to pull off a truly funny joke. Few[...]
Ironic to have blogged & tweeted about this, but I wrote about the value of moments in our lives which we retain as private, rather than facebooking, instagramming & tweeting[...]
A short piece for the Independent – read the rest here The coalition must grapple with the economic mess that they have inherited, and they have often talked about how[...]
I have started co-hosting a podcast with Bobby Friedman called Political Takeout. It’s available via iTunes and at PoliticalTakeout.com
I wrote a piece on the Australian Labor [sic] Party’s bizarre love of regicide in the Telegraph today following the damp ‘spill’ which happened in Canberra today. Read it here.
I’ve argued that we should raise the minimum wage in this Spectator piece which divided response: it’ll be very interesting to read the pieces in reply which have been promised[...]
My decidedly wonkish look at the ‘get out the vote’ operation: “By the early evening we were calling people who not only had received several calls already that day to[...]
