Foot4ward

2020-08-16

For everything you choose to exert effort on, there’s an equal and opposite decision to not exert effort on the horde of other things vying for your time...

2020-08-02

I’ve been living my life more completely online over the last four months than at any time previously. It’s been an acceleration of existing trends rather...

2020-07-26

Every now and then something turns out a different way from how you’d hoped. Disappointment is such a 2020 vibe. But get past the initial disappointment...

2020-07-12

Each morning during lockdown I have made time to write before work. And now, much like parts of lockdown, I have reached the end. As the grip of the...

2020-06-28

I have an article in Issue #24 of Like the Wind. The story behind this piece sticks in my mind for two reasons. Firstly, it was an early statement of...

2020-06-15

Every now and then there’s an unexpected reminder: there but for the grace of god go I. I have a regular cycle route. A neat 14-mile loop that takes...

2020-06-07

Here we are, again. If you read nothing else, read this excellent piece by Gary Younge on systemic inequality in the UK and US, and the protest against...

2020-05-31

The past few months I’ve existed over a smaller area than in many, many years. Life has vacuum packed itself to – at best – a square mile. It has contorted...

2020-05-24

Do you feel a restlessness? That sense you’re waiting for something – anything – to happen and yet, still, each day passes the same as the last. The rapid...

2020-05-18

You can only fight a battle on so many fronts. Every front requires contact with the enemy, and every contact with the enemy entails friction. Too many...