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The Sad Death of Tabloid English
What we lost when we swapped busty babes for trauma narratives
Jun 27 • Christopher Gage
Boring Ourselves to Death
A brief foray into the weird world of optimisation...
Jun 22 • Christopher Gage

May 2026

Civilised Witchcraft
Positive affirmations are bullshit.
May 25 • Christopher Gage
Textbook Folly
The sensible Swedes have struck a mortal blow against the post-literate future.
May 10 • Christopher Gage

April 2026

Rites of Passage
How to save teenaged boys from themselves.
Apr 23 • Christopher Gage
May Contain Nuts
Therapy-speak and its discontents |In praise of elitism | The fantastic folly of privatised water |
Apr 4 • Christopher Gage
The Love Committee
All is unfair in love and war.
Apr 2 • Christopher Gage
Vox Populi, Vox Humbug
Having sex with ChatGPT | What happened to 'social' media? | Democracy is a dirty word | The Lead Paint Prize |
Apr 1 • Christopher Gage

March 2026

Mating Season
Why the open relationship works exactly as nobody seems to expect.
Mar 26 • Christopher Gage
All Things Considered
The Domino's Pizza of death; Banksy, and the triumph of trivia.
Mar 21 • Christopher Gage
Potty Training
No, I don't want to download the app.
Mar 19 • Christopher Gage
Celebrity Requiem
Influencers, astrology, and Kim Jong Un versus Reality.
Mar 14 • Christopher Gage
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