Mar
05
The Book is Out Tomorrow (and an essay)
Is This Working? The Jobs We Do, Told by the People Who Do Them is out tomorrow (Thursday 6th March)
6 min read
Latest editions
Jan
30
A two-parter on concrete additives (and friendship)
What's the difference between adding sugar to concrete and making friends at work?
6 min read
Jan
21
Reflections on the Revolution in Job Applications
A long absence, I know. I can only apologise. The book, other work, a baby-now-toddler: they all pushed this newsletter
7 min read
Mar
03
Ungigging
The end of the gig economy.
13 min read
Apr
07
what happened in 2008?
A roofer from Spain talks about how the Great Financial Crisis changed his life.
9 min read
Mar
31
Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor
Life in Victorian London.
9 min read
Mar
17
frack frack boom
The oil boom is a-coming in.
7 min read
Mar
10
canteen: closed
Why we should mourn the death of the workplace canteen.
4 min read
Mar
03
sheer cloudy vagueness
The politics of jargon.
8 min read
Feb
24
why do I have to do so much paperwork?
The unbearable heaviness of admin.
8 min read