A miscellany for your delectation. "Tomorrow, I will be going across channels with zero views, going into their chat, and pumping people up." But it might not end up quite how you expect... Amygdala, a short film by Joe Edmundson Foot and Stella Harford....
I'm speaking at 5x15 at 7pm on Monday 29 June - and at the FT Weekend Festival on Saturday 5 September. In both cases there are some brilliant speakers on stage - come along!
Well, it's been a long road since I raced the dinosaurs at a New Year's Day parkrun. I've managed various niggles (knee, glute, achilles... yawn). I've run around the amazing Ladybower Reservoir, across St Mark's Square, even chased Alistair Brownlee down Regent's...
On 26 April, I plan to be on the start line of the London Marathon. I’m in my fifties, I’ve only been running for a few years, and this will be my first marathon. I’m doing it to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT). Cancer is brutal for anyone. For...
It's become something of a seasonal tradition - with apologies to the remarkable Randall Munroe - for me to tackle your bizarre hypothetical economics questions. To give you a sense of what I meanm here are some questions from previous years: What if DogeCoin became...
I've played tabletop role-playing games for forty years or so, but I've never played in a "professional" game. That changed last week when - as a guest of RPG Taverns in south London - I was given a run through one of the new adventures in "Welcome to Hellfire Club",...
On 26 April 2026, I plan to be on the start line of the London Marathon. I’m in my fifties, I’ve only been running for a few years, and this will be my first marathon. I’m doing it to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT). Cancer is brutal for anyone. For...
Do you want more Cautionary Tales episodes in your life? Do you want behind the scenes stories and bonus conversations with me? Or do you want to support us in making the show? On behalf of the whole team, I'm excited to announce the brand new Cautionary Club on...
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