blog posts

• Ya Beirut ya haramAugust 6, 2020
  My friend texts me on Tuesday evening: there’s been an explosion in Beirut, and I quickly look up the news to see what happened. I think immediately of a violent attack – a sectarian bomb, hitting the country already on its knees in economic collapse, seeking to take advantage of the corona-caused pause in theContinue reading “Ya Beirut ya haram”
• cycling to cologneAugust 4, 2020
  Two weeks ago I decided to cycle to Cologne to see some friends. I wanted to escape boris-land for a time, and was curious how fast I could do the 730-ish km route. I had cycled to Cologne on the way to Turkey in 2017 and remember that I was too scared to wild campContinue reading “cycling to cologne”
• the smouldering ruins of racial capitalismJuly 8, 2020
  One Friday night in May I watched as a fire engine pulled up to Turbo Island to deal with the embers of a bonfire for the drinkers and I stopped to take a picture, noticing afterwards the fire fighter leaning out of the window smirking at me. Then I headed off up to Gloucester Road.Continue reading “the smouldering ruins of racial capitalism”