These essays span newspapers, magazines and my own newsletter. They cover family, class, politics, addiction, identity and the oddities of modern life.
I'm interested in the stories people tell themselves—and the ones they tell everyone else.
Essays
I went to a gig on my own and cried
A crumpled carrier bag of old postcards
England Won’t Win This Tournament
My father-in-law left me with a template for growing old with style
The unexpected upside of hearing loss
My grown up daughter and a night out with Take That
Journalism
On sobriety, burnout and the limits of self-control
The Times, 2025
How men try to manage stress now
The Telegraph, 2025
Why being a good dad feels harder than it used to
The i Paper, 2025
Living with anxiety without turning it into a personality
Big Issue, 2025
On class, comfort and the quiet ways people change
The i Paper, 2024
What sobriety changes - and what it doesn’t
The Guardian, 2023
Alcohol, loneliness and the fear of social disappearance
Sunday Times, 2023
What stops men asking for therapy?
The Telegraph, 2021
Books
Books
I've written five non-fiction books over the past fifteen years, exploring everything from advertising and politics to parenthood, addiction, masculinity and modern life.
They've been published by Hodder, Faber and Little, Brown. You'll find them all below.
Stop Shtting Yourself - 15 Life Lessons That Might Help You Calm The F** Down (2025) LINK
Sort Your Head Out - Mental Health Without All The Bollocks (2023) LINK
Mad Men And Bad Men - What Happened When British Politics Met Advertising (2015) LINK
Night Of The Living Dad (2009) LINK
Get Smashed! (2007) LINK