Sitemap - 2023 - Stiff Upper Quip

A letter from Brussels

Why you should read Henry James

Shane MacGowan and the responsibilities of talent

On overconfidence

The best fake Substacks of 2023

In praise of in-jokes

Why I am a moderate

The Dark Zone

Old shorts

Labour should be the hegemonic party in British politics

You can’t have openness about mental health without forgiveness

Everyone needs the odd free lunch

Cancelling HS2 is the worst decision by a British PM in decades

Monogamy - it works for me

Leaving London

The intellectual problem of 'Past Lives'

Notes on pluviophilia

Stiff Upper Quip Season 3

Lana del Rey and the transgressions of conservatism

'How the Moonlight Got Serious'

Always go to the Flower Island

Caitlin Moran is taking the piss

Reflections on self-publishing

Rafael Behr and the limits of politics

Keir Starmer is fine!

Failure one year on

The post-doctorate blues

Some of us are already postracial

If you want to write, write!

The Comedy of M

I did run a marathon tho

To speak of joy that is in marriage

Should I learn another language?

Considering death

My 30s

The Dream of the Spider

La noche oscura del alma

Trans women are beautiful though

Life gets less funny as you get older

On reading

Should I have children even though I don't want them?

Something you need to hear

The terrible imprecision of podcasting

I don't want to live in the real world

Why are young men so angry?

Where to start with Henry James

Get your heart broken

Why do people go to the right as they get older?

On having turned 40

Is it better not to be born?

The Sunday Extra

Anti-wokeness is bigger than wokeness

Paris is the new capital of Europe - really?

It's fine to be politically homeless

On running