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  • All 52 new albums I heard in 2016, ranked in order of magnificence

    All 52 new albums I heard in 2016, ranked in order of magnificence

    Well I’ll cut to the chase lads: it hasn’t been a banner year for pop albums. It’s not that they’ve all been crap (“U SURE ABOUT THAT?!?!” – boring people), it’s just that so few of them – if any – have been completely devoid of filler, and a few of these rankings you’re about Read more

  • Top 50 singles of 2016, according to me

    Top 50 singles of 2016, according to me

    I LOVE A YEAR-END LIST. Since 2008 I’ve been sending readers to sleep with a Top 50 countdown of my favourite singles from the year, and looking back there are only a couple of No1 choices that I don’t thoroughly regret, which is nice. For reference, my past No1s have been: 2008: Sweet About Me Read more

  • I revisited all Britney Spears’ albums in order and made the following observations

    I revisited all Britney Spears’ albums in order and made the following observations

    Britney Spears has just released Glory, her ninth studio album – and in celebration, I’m HAVING A BIT OF A MARATHON. I’m going through the whole discography in chronological order (skipping the Greatest Hits and Remix compilations because, you know, I don’t have that much time) and trying my absolute hardest to milk some kind of #blog #content from it. Read more

  • To my sister Darcy on her graduation day

    To my sister Darcy on her graduation day

    A few years ago, one of my favourite writers and In Dulci Jubilo enthusiasts, Daisy Buchanan, wrote a fantastic piece for her sister on her graduation day; a piece I always think of whenever someone I know dons their own cap and gown. Today, my own sister officially ended her uni experience, so I thought I’d Read more

  • BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum: TV Comedy

    BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum: TV Comedy

    I’m superly-duperly chuffed to be one of the three winners of this year’s BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing competition for TV Comedy. This means a 10-minute excerpt of a screenplay of mine will be read at an industry event at BAFTA HQ later this month. Some writers I really look up to have been down this Read more

  • LISTEN: Competing on this week’s Theatre Feuds podcast

    LISTEN: Competing on this week’s Theatre Feuds podcast

    I had a blast earlier this week ‘competing’ on Relish Theatre’s Theatre Feuds podcast alongside the brilliant Kandy Rohmann and Natalie Lester. We’re basically asked an array of open questions and have to debate why our individual answer is the best one. I babbled on about everything from Shakespeare to Denise Gough. Also I somehow Read more