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Essays on culture, navigating London as a foreigner, and being human in the age of AI. If David Sedaris were a Spanish girl trying to be funny in English, he'd probably be me.
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Performance Review
Like Liam Neeson, I have a very particular set of skills I have acquired over a very long career. The problem is that they’re useless to land an office job.
We need to talk about the Odyssey
And in particular about that masterpiece that is the 1997 TV mini series adaptation of Homer's classic epic adventure.
#20 Culture Fix
A campy muscular hero, SXSW London highlights, a Youtuber turned filmmaker, Rivals x Les Liaisons Dangereuses, AI vs humans, books + films recommendations, and the Tartan Army takeover.
Only Hands
Unless you're Jesus, you can't count on anyone to resurrect you back to life so you need to take matters into your own hands.
Strong independent woman
I could be living my best hot divorcée summer by now.
Ken goes to space and it's amaze, amaze, amaze
Ryan Gosling's interstellar charm in Project Hail Mary catapults him into the movie star stratosphere.
Do nothing but read
On the joys of getting lost in a book in the era of performative reading. Plus a reading challenge to celebrate World Book Day and The National Year of Reading.
Welcome to Infernos, Heathcliff
The new Wuthering Heights adaptation makes complete sense when you find out Margot Robbie used to live in Clapham.
American Game Changers
Bad Bunny, Heated Rivalry, and Mark Carney are the America we want to see more of.
Act of Union
I went to Scotland with questions about national identity and life answered them by putting Tobias Menzies on my commute to work.
Home anxious home
Being an introvert at Christmas is a recipe for disaster, especially when your idea of a break is alone time.
Who sang it better
Ten covers that did justice to the original songs that inspired them.
Openly talented men and monsters
On Jonathan Bailey's deserved rise to mainsteam and Jacob Elordi's moving performance as the Creature in Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
#19 Culture Fix
Autumn resolutions, books + films, a must see exhibition, a tempting play, and two new albums to cosy up to as we get ready to welcome back darkness, our old fiend.
Frenchflix and chill
I turned to Netflix for language support and I ended up watching what probably is the best romantic comedy of the year.
Meritocrazy
For all its flaws, the British system at least provides equal opportunities for everyone to make a fool of themselves regardless of origin.
It can only good happen
There are weird weeks and then there is this week
I'm an anarchist... Get me out of here!
How to bring about chaos and alienate people
#18 The Culture Fix
La rentrée edition comes full of Gallaghers and rock and roll!