Blog Posts

  • Five books and lessons learned.

    Yesterday, I could finally put all my books on a shelf. It’s been a comedy of errors getting my author copies of the Rent book (which, let’s face it, is reminiscent of writing the thing), so it was a particularly satisfying moment.  Thanks for reading Queer Notebook ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts…

  • On following 'joy' in work.

    I had an angrier, rantier post half drafted this week about the struggles of job hunting, of job hunting while autistic and ADHD and all the trauma of that. It turns out I’m just too stressed to finish it. But instead, I was musing about something else, that is, the following: what brings you joy,…

  • Adventures in Ulcerative Colitis

    Or more of a shit-post than usual Scene: My Thursday afternoon, I had the most disgusting coffee I’ve had in years and some biscuits that tasted of heaven after being unexpectedly stranded in a hospital and having just cried in pain at having a camera inserted…somewhere. Too much? buckle in it’s probably not going to…

  • 2023 Wrapped

    I am aware this is not remotely cool and very elder millennial of me, but hey it seemed a fun way to wrap up the year. Work  Thanks for reading Queer Notebook ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Jobs lost: One  Sadly, for now, the Bishopsgate teaching job is…

  • On not doing Christmas 'right'

    As it’s almost Christmas, it feels like time for what is now an annual tradition (because I said so) and talk about not feeling like you do Christmas ‘poperly’—or feeling out of step with ‘proper Christmas’ for various reasons.  I’m not a Grinch, I don’t hate Christmas. I am perhaps ‘Christmas agnostic’ in many ways…