A day on London’s orbital Superloop buses

I am a sucker for public transport infrastructure*, and as soon as it was announced that London was going to have a new “Superloop” of express buses orbiting the suburbs it was inevitable I would spend a day catching the…

I put all the Doctor Who actors into the correct order for you

So I’ve contributed for the first time to the Guardian’s “ – Ranked!” series with a subject dear to my heart. “Every Doctor Who episode – ranked!” was a step too far, as was “Every Doctor Who companion – ranked!”,…

Neil Tennant in Pet Shop Boys: Dreamland

I’ve never really been a movies person, they last too long and I always want the bar/toilet after 20 minutes like at a gig, which stresses me out. But I got myself a BFI and a Picturehouse membership and once…

Joseph In The Backyard at the Moth Club, Hackney

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New m-orchestra single – ‘Buyer Beware’

Just a quick note that I released a new single yesterday. Buyer Beware tells the story of a man who hears from his neighbour about why the people who used to own his house fled in a hurry. It is…

The Guardian Thursday quiz tag page

150 weeks ago I pressed publish for the first time on a quiz on the Guardian website which came to be known as the Guardian Thursday quiz. It had grown out of the fact that I had done a successful…

Julian Rampen's debut novel, The Bay

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The Boy and the Heron

I’ve never really been a movies person, they last too long and I always want the bar/toilet after 20 minutes like at a gig, which stresses me out. But I got myself a BFI and a Picturehouse membership and once…

Florrie Ransom at the Finsbury, London

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Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road

I’ve never really been a movies person, they last too long and I always want the bar/toilet after 20 minutes like at a gig, which stresses me out. But I got myself a BFI and a Picturehouse membership and once…