ESSAYS & STORIES
‘The Good Hysteric: Some Psychoanalytic Reflections on Ingmar Bergman’s Persona, David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan and Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia.’ — in The Carbon Arc ed. Richard Skinner (July 2025)
Dancing Around the Devouring Mother in Strictly Ballroom — The Quietus (2025)
In Search of Tove Jansson in Helsinki — Literary Hub (November 20th 2024)
Larissa Sansour (Amos Rex, Helsinki) — for Studio International (November 2024)
Tove Jansson: Paradise (Helsinki Art Museum) — for Studio International (November 2024)
Hannah Höch: Assembled Worlds (Belvedere, Vienna) — for Studio International (September 2024)
The Uncanny (Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna) — for Studio International (September 2024)
Alfred Kubin: The Aesthetics of Evil (Albertina, Vienna) — for Studio International (September 2024)
Interview with Raven Halfmoon — for Studio International (September 2024)
Time For Magic — book review for Studio International (August 2024)
Parade by Rachel Cusk — book review for Studio International (August 2024)
Get the Picture by Bianca Bosker — book review for Studio International (July 2024)
All That Glitters by Orlando Whitfield — review for Studio International (July 2024)
Unmanaged Decline: reviews of England is Mine and I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning — Prospect (July 2024)
Chasing Storms: on the Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens — Literary Hub, June 2024
Reading the Pain of Others — The London Magazine (June 2024)
On Shamanic Healing, Sound Healing & Spirituality — Prospect (May 2024)
Giving Up — The London Magazine (March 2024)
Entangled Pasts (review) — Studio International (March 2024)
Sargent and Fashion (review) — Studio International (March 2024)
A History of Women in 101 Objects (book review) — Studio International (March 2024)
What To Read When You’re Not Drinking — LitHub (January 2024)
Hopelessly Devoted: On the Rise of Spiritual Influencers — Prospect (January 2024)
Art Monsters review — Studio International (December 2023)
Bye Bye Cowboy — for Arusha Gallery (October 2023)
The Lingering Presence of Christiane F — for The Quietus (September 2023)
What is Annie Ernaux hiding? What the Nobel Laureate teaches us about shame, confession and secrecy. — for The New Statesman (20 July 2023)
Love Is Copy — reviews of Love Me Tender by Constance Debré, Your Love is Not Good by Johanna Hedva, and Couplets: A Love Story by Maggie Millner — for The London Magazine (June issue 2023)
Drawing for New Mothers for Juno Magazine (Summer Issue 2023)
Our Father Issues — an essay for LitHib (7 April 2023)
Beyond Masochism: How The Light Gets in — a review of Lana Del Rey’s new album for The Quietus (March 2023)
A Masochistic Education: Why Are We So Attracted to People Who Are Bad For Us? for Stylist (March 2023)
In Defence of Art Therapy for Welldoing Magazine (March 2023)
Still Lives in 3:AM Magazine (March 2023)
Heartbreakers in The London Magazine *(March 2023)
Words Fail Me: Violence, instability, and the limits of language in Aftermath by Preti Taneja and Commuters by Toby Christian—for The London Magazine (June 2022)
We need to stop birth-shaming women, and abolish the harmful cult of the ‘natural’ birth for good—for Glamour Magazine (April 2022)
A friend in need: the role of art and friendship in healing trauma—for The Irish Times (2 April 2022)
A Portrait of Rosaleen Norton—for Englesberg Ideas (January 2022)
A North London Light—A Profile of Joshua Press—for The London Magazine (Dec 2021-Jan 2022 issue)
Still Lives–a personal essay on grief, Robert Mapplethorpe and drawing–for The Florida Review (Aquinas) (13 September 2021)
The Sally Rooney Phenomenon—for Prospect Magazine (11 September 2021)
A Masochistic Education: Lana del Rey and the American Dream—for The London Magazine (August 2021)
Exploring the Revolutionary Art of Caroline Coon—for The London Magazine (Aug/Sept Issue, 2021)
In the cinema, my father’s unspeakable childhood finally surfaced–for Psyche + Aeon Magazine (2 August 2021)
Morwenna Morrison: Fixing Eyes With The Unseen—a catalogue essay for Arusha Gallery to accompany the exhibition (July 2021).
Children of the Revolution: On Parenting and Protest—for XR Writers Rebel (June 2021)
Lived in Bars, Dreamt in Paint – an illustrated essay, for 3:AM Magazine (3 June 2021)
Can counterterrorist strategies help in abusive relationships?—for Psyche / Aeon (January 2021)
Inheritance—a personal essay about printmaking and grief, published in Trauma: Essays on Art and Mental Health (Dodo Ink, 2021)
Introduction to Edgar Allen Poe’s The Black Cat, in The Repeater Book of the Occult (Repeater, 2021)
Intimate Confessions—an autobiographical short story about painting and trauma, published in Juxta Press’ Position(s) literary journal (23 June 2020).
Brenda Magazine: Memoir Issue (issue. 6) (September 2020)
POLITICS
The Ethical and Legal Ramifications of Working from Home—for Prospect (January 2022)
Will the pandemic finally end Britain’s love affair with the Royal family?–for Prospect (February 2021)
What Biden’s Victory Means for Northern Ireland—for Prospect Magazine (11 November 2020)
Saving Private Equity: Why Johnson Really Wants Us Back At The Office—for Byline Times (3 September 2020)
Britain’s antiquated laws on hemp are harming the environment—and short-changing farmers — for Prospect Magazine (27 August 2020).
The Art of Political Storytelling: Unravelling the Spin that Put Trump and Johnson in Power—review of the book by Philip Seargeant—for The Irish Times—(15 August 2020)
How Tearing Down Art Built Britain for New Socialist - (August 2020).
Are We Seeing the Return of Colonial-Era Convict Ships?— for Prospect Magazine—29 July 2020.
When Ordinary People Defend Billionaires—for Prospect Magazine, November 2019.
How the myth of the Jihadi Bride draws from Western culture Prospect, 3 November 2017.
Et tu, Brutus? When it comes to satire, free speech does not mean good taste Prospect, 15 June 2017
The Blood Telegram” [Review]—The Journal of Terrorism Research, Volume 6 Issue 3. (October 2015)
The Theatre of Cruelty: Dehumanisation, Objectification and Abu Ghraib —Journal of Terrorism Research 5, issue 2. (September 2014)
Dissent, PR and the Romantic Spirit - Tooting Free Press, (November 2014)
Shock and Awe: Performativity, Machismo and ISIS - E-International Relations (November 2014)
Contemporary Art and Political Violence - Journal of Terrorism Research (May, 2013)
INTERVIEWS
Chechu Álava interview—for Studio International (February 2021)
Joan Semmel interview— for Studio International (February 2021)
Coral Woodbury on her exhibition Palimpsest at HackelBury in London— for Studio International (December 2021)
John Abell on his exhibition ‘Through Great Waters’ at Arusha Gallery—for Studio International (November 2021)
Mick Peter on his exhibition ‘Gerroff!! or, User Feedback’ at Hospitalfield—for Studio International (July 2021)
Lana Locke on her new film, ‘Journeys of a Laundry Mountain’ (2020)—for Studio International (February 2021)
Tako Taal and Adam Benmakhlouf discuss their ideas behind Give Birth To Me Tomorrow’—for Studio International (January 2021)
Interview with Emma Nicholson of Inverleith House Gallery, Edinburgh—for Studio International (2020)
Interview with Glasgow International Director, Richard Parry—for Art Quarterly, Spring 2020.
Interview with France-Lise McGurn for Studio International, August 2019
David Austen: Interview (Underworld at DCA, Dundee) for Studio International, March 2019.
Depicting Demons with Tom de Freston—interview for Elephant Magazine, (August 21 2018)
Interview with Eve Fowler for Studio International, (June 2018)
Single motherhood, writing and ‘My Shitty Twenties’—an interview with Emily Morris, Minor Lits, November 2017
On the Ethics of Drone Strikes, Optimism and Obscuring Language [Interview] - The New Strategist
Politics and Painting: an Interview with John Keane —Studio International, (October 2014)
Interview with Ben Quilty - Studio International (July 2014) (FILM)
Interview with Calum Colvin—(about his exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers, The Magic Box) - Studio International (August 2014)
Interview with Lana Locke - Art Wednesday (August 2013)
William Burroughs, Wild Horses and White Cake with Danny Fox —The Quietus (Sept 2013)
Community, War and the Role of Art: An Interview with George Gittoes —Studio International (Sept 2013)
Art and Revolution in Cairo: an Interview with Marie-Jeanne Berger—The Quietus (Oct 2013)
Ohhh! Vienna: Writer Lewis Crofts on Egon Schiele (The Quietus, May 2011)
The Hives - interview (Rockfeedback, July 2007)
REVIEWS:
Art Monsters by Lauren Elkin — book review for Studio International (November 2023)
Grayson Perry: Smash Hits — for Studio International (July 2023)
Things Will Continue to Change—for Studio International (March 2022)
Reflections on Frieze Los Angeles—for Studio International (February 2022)
Alison Katz at Camden Arts Centre—for Studio International (January 2022)
Julien Creuzet at Camden Arts Centre—for Studio International (January 2022)
Danny Fox at Saatchi Yates—for Studio International (December 2021)
Ray Harryhausen at National Galleries of Scotland—for Studio International (December 2021)
Emma Cousin: Game Face at Niru Ratnam Gallery—for Studio International (November 2021)
Gerard Richter: Drawings at the Hayward Gallery—for Studio International (November 2021)
Mixing It Up: Painting Today at the Hayward Gallery—for Studio International (October 2021)
Adam Farah: What I’ve Learned from You and Myself at Camden Arts Centre—for Studio International (Sept 21)
Hilda Kortei: Waitless Beyond Blue at Cob Gallery—for Studio International (August 2021)
Tahnee Lonsdale: Under the Shell at Cob Gallery—for Studio International (June 2021)
'Masterpieces in Miniature' at Pallant House & 'Olivier Debré: Fervent Abstraction' at Estorick Collection (Agenda Previews)—for Art Quarterly Summer Issue (2021)
Night Fever: Designing Club Culture, V&A Dundee (review)—for Studio International
Mika Tajima: Regulation at Simon Lee Gallery, London (review)—for Studio International (30 April 2021)
Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan (review)—for The Irish Times (1 February 2021)
Mary Quant at the V&A Design Museum, Dundee (review)—for Art Quarterly (Winter Issue)
Brian Dawn Chalkley: The Untold Depth of Savagery at Lungley Gallery (review)—for Studio International (December 2020)
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Somerset House, London (review)—for Studio International (27 October 2020)
English Filth at Cob Gallery, London (review)—for Studio International (25 September 2020)
John Byrne at 80, Glasgow Print Studio (review)—for Studio International (23 September 2020)
Toby Ziegler at Simon Lee Gallery, London (review)—for Studio International (22 September 2020)
Bodily Objects at Arusha Gallery—for Studio International (August 2020)
Boy Parts—reviewed for The Irish Times—1 August 2020
Ilona Szalay: Some Are Born To Sweet Delight, Some Are Born To Endless Night (Arusha Gallery)—for Studio International, June 2020.
Domestic Bliss (GoMA, Glasgow)—for Studio International, March 2020.
Pine’s Eye (Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh)—for Studio International, March 2020.
Julijonas Urbonas: Planet of People (Collective, Edinburgh)—for Studio International, March 2020.
ACTINIC: Photography in Print (Edinburgh Printmakers)—review for Studio International, February 2020
Alexandra Haeseker: The Botanist’s Daughter (Edinburgh Printmakers)—review for Studio International, January 2020
Expressive Art in the Early 20th Century—review for Studio International, January 2020
Seized by the Left Hand (DCA)—review for Studio International, January 2020
Paula Rego: Obedience and Defiance—review for Studio International, December 2019
The Extended Mind (Talbot Rice Gallery) for Studio International, November 2019
Hello Robot (V&A Dundee) for Studio International, November 2019
NOW (National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh) for Studio International, October 2019
Garry Fabian Miller (Ingleby Gallery) for Studio International, October 2019
Alberta Whittle (DCA, Dundee) for Studio International, September 2019
Fiona Tan: Disorient (GoMA, Glasgow) for Studio International, August 2019
David Batchelor (Ingleby, Edinburgh) for Studio International, August 2019
Cut & Paste: 400 Years of Collage (at National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh), for Studio International, July 2019
Patrick Staff: The Prince of Homburg (at the DCA), for Studio International, July 2019
Into the Mountain (lead artist: Simone Kenyon) for Studio International, June 2019.
Norman Gilbert (Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay) for Studio International, June 2019.
Thomas Kilpper: The Politics of Heritage v the Heritage of Politics (Edinburgh Printmakers) for Studio International, June 2019.
Self-Evidence: Photographs by Woodman, Arbus and Mapplethorpe (at Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh) for Studio International, May 2019.
Gerda Scheepers: Rooms (Mary Mary Gallery, Glasgow) for Studio International, March 2019.
Stalking the Image: Margaret Tait and her Legacy (Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow) for Studio International, January 2019.
NOW (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh) for Art Quarterly, Spring 2019 (forthcoming).
Turner in January (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh) for Studio International, January 2019.
Lorna Macintyre: Pieces of You Are Here (DCA, Dundee) for Studio International, January 2019.
Edwin G. Lucas [review] for Art Quarterly, Winter 2018.
Pin-Ups: Toulouse Lautrec and The Art of Celebrity (Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh) for Studio International, December 2018.
Margaret Salmon: Hole (DCA, Dundee) for Studio International, December 2018.
Emma Hart: Banger! (Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh), for Studio International, November 2018.
Santiago Sierra: Black Flag (DCA, Dundee) for Studio International, November 2018.
Politics/Photo/Austria (MUMOK, Vienna) for Studio International, October 2018.
Spotlight on Dundee for Art Quarterly, September 2018.
3D Festival (V&A Design Opening, Dundee) for Studio International, September 2018
Make Me Beautiful, Madame D'Ora! [at the Leopold Museum, Vienna] for Studio International, August 2018
Klimt and Schiele (at the Leopold Museum, Vienna) for Studio International, (August 28)
Tacita Dean: Woman with a Red Hat (at the Fruitmarket, Edinburgh) for Studio International, August 2018 (forthcoming)
State of Print [review] for Minor Lits, June 2018
Neurogenesis: From Neuron Birth to All That We Are [at Centrespace, DCA, Dundee], for Studio International, April 2018
Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness [at the DCA] for Studio International, April 2018
Lee Lozano: Slip, Slide, Splice [at the Fruitmarket Gallery] for Studio International, April 2018
Kate V Robertson: This Mess is Kept Afloat & Andrew Lacon: Fragments for Studio International, February 2018
A New Era: Modern Scottish Art, 1900-1950 for Studio International, February 2018
Ed Ruscha and Los Angeles in Studio International, 27 December 2017
Vivienne Westwood’s World of Patterns in White Noise, 23 December 2017
Kelly Richardson: The Weather Makers [Review], Studio International, November 2017.
A Perfect Chemistry [Review] Studio International, August 2017
Clare Woods: Victim of Geography, DCA [Review] Studio International, August 2017.
Frank Quitely: The Art of Comics, Kelvingrove Gallery, Glasgow [Review], Studio International, June 2017
Tracey Emin and William Blake, Tate Liverpool [Review] Studio International, May 2017
Joan Eardley: A Sense of Place [Review] Studio International, May 2017
Drawn into Tomorrow - IC-98 [Review] Studio International, December 2015
Roy Lichtenstein [Review] Studio International, December 2015
Lee Miller and Picasso [Review], in Studio International, July 2015
Shoes: Pleasure and Pain [Review], in Studio International, July 2015
Fashion, Art, Polaroids: a Brief Encounter with Maripol in Studio International (April 2015)
A World to Win: Posters of Protest and Revolution [Review], in Studio International (January 2015)
Encountering the Astronomical Sublime: Vintage NASA Photographs 1961 - 1980 — Breese Little, London (Review) - Studio International, October 2014
The Present of Modernism at Mumok, Vienna—Studio International (September 2014)
Susan Hiller at Summerhall (Review) - Studio International (August 2014)
Robert Mapplethorpe - Grand Palais, Paris - Studio International (March 2014)
Richard Hamilton - Tate Modern, London - Studio International (March 2014)
Rufus Wainwright: Vibrate - Line of Best Fit (Feb 2014)
Henri Cartier-Bresson - Centre Pompidou, Paris - Studio International (Feb 2014)
Cartier: Style and History - Grand Palais, Paris - Studio International (Dec 2013)
Philippe Parreno: Anywhere, Anywhere Out of the World —Palais de Tokyo, Paris - Studio International (Dec 2013)
The Scottish Colourists Series: JD Fergusson —The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art - Studio International (Dec 2013)
British Sea Power: From the Sea to the Land Beyond [review] —Line of Best Fit (Nov 2013)
Art Turning Left - Tate Liverpool - Studio International (Nov 2013)
Art Under Attack: Histories of British Iconoclasm - Tate Britain - Studio International (Oct 2013)
Andy Warhol: Pop, Power, Politics - The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh. - Studio International (Oct 2013)
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Poet, Artist, Revolutionary - Studio International (Sept 2013)
Witches and Wicked Bodies —Studio International (Sept 2013)
No Foreign Lands: Peter Doig - Art Wednesday (August 2013)
Moving Beyond: Modern Chinese Art - Art Wednesday (August 2013)
Chagall: Modern Master - Studio International (July 2013)
Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s - Studio International (July 2013)
“Letter from the Fringe: Arrhythmia and Blues” (3:AM Magazine, August 2012)
“The View From Here: Review of Jenni Fagan’s Panopticon” 3:AM Magazine, August 2012
“Helmut Newton at the Grand Palais” (Art Wednesday, April 2012)
“Bob Dylan at Cité de la Musique“ (Art Wednesday, April 2012)
“Marrakech for Pleasure” (Semperey, Spring 2012)
“Louis Vuitton / Marc Jacobs“ (Art Wednesday, March 2012)
“Carlos Amorales: La Lange des Morts” (Art Wednesday, March 2012)
“Tom de Freston: Christ’s College Chapel” (Studio International, April 2011)
Look, Stranger! - album review (Rockfeedback, Nov 2011)
Warpaint - album review (Rockfeedback)
Alphabet Saints, Raptureland - album review (Rockfeedback)
The Pierces - gig review (Rockfeedback, June 2011)
The Bloody Social - gig review (Rockfeedback, December 2007)
V Festival 2007 - festival review (Rockfeedback, August 2007)
Tales of the Jackalope - festival review (Rockfeedback, August 2007)
Latitude - festival review (Rockfeedback, July 2007)
Dragonette - gig review (Rockfeedback, July 2007)
Horsebox - gig review (Rockfeedback, January 2007)
Larry Clark: More Kids a Couple Decades On (Studio International, 2007)
Letter from Stockholm (Studio International, Spring 2007)
Allen Toussaint at the London Jazz Cafe - gig review (Rockfeedback, Nov 2006)
London Fashion Week: Sympathy for the Devil (Studio International, Nov 2006)
Anglomania (Studio International, August 2006)
French Book Art / Livres d’Artistes (Studio International, August 2006)
Solos: New Design from Israel (Studio International, Spring 2006)
Big Bang: Creation & Destruction in 20th Century Art (Studio International, July 2005)
“Andy Warhol: Self-Portraits” (Studio International, April 2005)
Barbara Kruger: Politics, Pop and Protest (Studio International, Sept 2005)
Letter from Paris (Studio International, July 2005)
Review: 200 Trips from the Counterculture (Studio International)
The Art of Lee Miller (Studio International)
Elsa Schaparelli (Studio International, July 2004)
Versace at the V&A (Studio International, 2002)
POETRY
Three Poems: Godfather/ Father / Friend - Menacing Hedge (Fall 2012)
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