Off The Record – Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes

Writing about my favourite albums in the time it takes to listen to them.

This week’s rack round-up – 29/01/17

In a weird, flu-induced haze in TK Maxx a few weeks ago, I decided that what I really needed was an … More

Brief encounters: re-visiting acquaintances from a year gone by – 15/01/17

I finished my journal a couple of weeks ago in a weird coincidence that obeyed the rules of the Gregorian … More

Thoughts on a play about consciousness. Is that a paradox? Am I even here? ~ and other things mulled over this week

I went to see The Hard Problem and took notes in the dark. Lesson learnt: Don’t take notes in the … More

“Keep those eyes wide” : First impressions of Laura Marling’s ‘Short Movie’

Hello, there! Hope you are well, anonymous internet presence. Since my last post, I have begun a ‘proper’ editorial job … More

the past 7 days – spent in Limbo, spiralling boredom, and art galleries

I’m in a good mood right now so am eager to write- thus providing the internet with a totally false, happy-go-lucky, … More

“I have a lot to learn & I’m starting tonight”

I am feeling pretty excellent today, not in a really loud and shouty way (actually, I am always doing things … More

“I want just to sit with him”

Cate le Bon’s Mug Museum is the first album I have ever downloaded. I know it’s odd because it’s 2014, … More

“What makes me sad, won’t make me quit”

I wrote this on the way home from London, after another (failed) audition today. I am typing it up fairly … More

*spend my time just drinking wine and looking at the view*

  You know what, I have so much to do (only bleedin’ going to Glastonbury next week ain’t I!) but … More