Travel

Reflections on travel, geography, and history.

10 posts

1 July 2026When nothing mattersAn existential post-holiday hangover 15 August 2025Four empires, one square2,500 years of Athenian empire and colonisation compete with cheap tourist trash. Travel was the winner on the day. 13 August 2025You are who you aren't anymoreStraddling the ravioli ravine with a Nashville musician to wonder about the cost of becoming yourself. 8 August 2025MycenaeIf you're going to make your brother eat his kids' flesh, expect a run of family murders and eventual ruin, no matter how strong your city walls are. 3 August 2025Philosophy 101Three wise men, three empty historic sites, one upturned rubbish bin 30 July 2025SerifosCutting off the heads of rape victims ain't pretty but this sunrise sure as hell was 29 July 2025DelphiGetting high as balls to tell the future (spoiler alert: the future is on fire) 2 June 2023Grief, family and temporary communitiesDo we all need our own Fight Club, to navigate the insanity of life, death and dysfunction? 26 May 2023KnittingSix terrific books to add to your pile, a reflection on why you're probably a disproportionate asshole in your relationships and a hopeful note on AI in a late-capitalist wasteland. 21 April 2023Travel, skin, and being a kidI share what I've been reading, writing and thinking. Get book recommendations, thoughts to chew on and permission to stop putting unnecessary stuff on your head-skin.