Soap Opera

Notes from the hell realms

Sep 15 • 

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25

10

Breast Intentions

The new leader of the Green Party has a particular set of skills.

Sep 4 • 

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29

8

August 2025

Arguing with God

Hell is a commercial Irish pub.

Aug 22 • 

Christopher Gage

29

11

Joy Division

Sydney Sweeney and the return of reality.

Aug 1 • 

Christopher Gage

41

13

July 2025

Hi-Infidelity (Matinée #2)

This week's edition features: The Coldplay Two; Japanese commonsense; The Lead Paint Prize, and The Therapist's Chair with Doctor Sour.

Jul 24 • 

Christopher Gage

16

8

Sexual Performance

An ironic history of the British boob.

Jul 17 • 

Christopher Gage

33

7

Courting Utopia

In defence of elitism, strawberries, and the last working meritocracy on Earth.

Jul 10 • 

Christopher Gage

25

6

The War on Cliché

A brief history of tired phrases and the fools who fight them

Jul 6 • 

Christopher Gage

42

24

June 2025

Period Drama

On the endless sentence of Generation Z.

Jun 26 • 

Christopher Gage

44

22

Hugging Ourselves to Death

The insidious moral narcissism of Mayor Khan's London.

Jun 19 • 

Christopher Gage

51

16

Oxford Matinée #1: The Joy of Bullying

This week: dopamine crack pipes, bullying BBC presenters, and Dr Sour’s advice for performative male feminists.

Jun 14 • 

Christopher Gage

23

7

May 2025

One Simple Trick

How to fix all our problems overnight...

May 22 • 

Christopher Gage

34

9