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A recent attempt to raise the spirits, telling a couple very short stories on the theme "We're in trouble". Check it out and subcribe
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A fictional piece written—as ever— for fun, but exploring the blurred line between addiction and other forms of persistence that are typically met with high praise.
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I put out some stories as an e-book: collection playful super-short stories exploring the anxieties,confusions, paradoxes and horrors of post internet life and relationships, as well as storytelling itself.
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Join the tense final episode of Betrayal Island to find out who will become the Ultimate Betrayer of 2033.
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It was a surprising amount of fun reading Betrayal Island, a story about a forthcoming TV show celebrating malicious liars, which I took from a couple of different perspectives.
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"Recognising ourselves in a reflection is taken to be a marker of intelligence, thought Polly, turning her head this way and that into the mirror. 'Why is that?' she thought. Such questions were the best way to pass the time..."
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Man reads fictional bear story, fictional bear reads man story. There are alway different perspectives.
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"Once upon a time, there was a man called Ken. Ken lived in a kingdom called America. He lived in a place in America called California. It was always nice and warm and sunny in California, when it wasn’t on fire that is."
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It was fun to perform a piece last night, ostensibly about seagulls. You can find text and recording here.
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A unique opportunity to learn and share about the opportunities and challenges artificial intelligence brings to the global effort to reduce alcohol harm, alongside a global showcase of all the latest research, advocacy and innovation.
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"Germany eased its cannabis laws last year.... Eighteen months into the changes, most cannabis is still consumed from criminal sources or purchased through creative interpretations of prescription rules."
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"I don't know: a short journey into incomprehension", a clip from a reading yesterday. For a full recording, text and some more stories visit. Full vid
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A poem I did for a storytelling night last night on the theme Hot Mess, channelling the style of punk poet John Cooper Clarke.
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We are typically swimming in internet 24/7, sometimes bringing problems. I tried a low tech way to halve the dose. philcain.com/exploring-a-sim…
Heavy internet use can cause mental overload and distraction, so I drew on some public health ideas to create a long-term digital refuge for just over a tenner. #offthegrid #offline #unplug #digitalwellbeing
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Margo Martindale makes a wonderfully malign presence in "Blow the man down" (2019), a film which delivers that rare combination of funny, tense and heavily fishing-oriented. 8/10
#moviereview #blowthemandown
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Proud to present a sneak peak of the 1, the ultimate in minimalist mobile communication devices.
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"To the Success of our Hopeless Cause" is a suitably paradoxical title for this fascinating journey into the perilous and puzzling world of Soviet dissidents.
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Some pics related to a jolly bunch of late 19th century cafe enthusiasts called the Hagen Society, the subject of an exhibition now at the Albertina. @AlbertinaMuseum
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If a piece of domestic tech prompts us to make a routine update, we should just say yes, right?
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