Welcome to my personal site – I’ve tried to make it a ‘digital CV’ as such. I don’t discriminate across the work that I post here, all of it is stuff I’m proud of, for whatever reason, ordered in a chronological timeline. Have a scroll through…
Looking to hire me to shoot photos of your venue or at your next event? There’s a dedicated portfolio for that which you can find here.
A practice ground for writers, built with Luca: learn from the classics, then make the work your own.
An education business about thinking, learning and making better notes.
On staying intentional while making work in an internet saturated with AI-generated content.
How publishing for cadence, status and income can crowd out art made for expression.
How a chance meeting in Da Nang became the start of building ProseLab.
A personal list of the things, tools and habits that defined 2025.
A reflection on acting before hesitation turns opportunity into regret.
Notes from navigating China, Hong Kong and Macau while travelling and working online.
A reminder to record the ordinary, brilliant days that will not come around again.
A travel story about food, culture and contradictions in Da Nang.
Why leaving Adobe became the next step in rebuilding a creative workflow.
A note on reshaping Fundamentalised to make more personal work possible.
An argument for using creation to counter the empty pull of consumption.
It’s been a long time since the fateful day at the end of May 2023 when I decided to publish my first newsletter issue.
A reflection on one hundred issues and the direction of the work from here.
Just yesterday, I opened up my exam results for my final year at university.
Why meaningful action can bring more stillness than trying to empty the mind.
The case for sharing unfinished ideas so they can become something larger.
A one-day, 60-kilometre crossing from Sheffield to Manchester through the Peak District.
A private list of principles for a more intentional final year at university.
I love writing for the sake of sharing ideas, not for the sake of getting better at writing.
My content ruined my art.
Here’s the thing…
An argument for empathy: sharing pain halves it, and sharing joy magnifies it.
Why goals work best when they build skills, not an addiction to metrics.
Why protecting attention is one of the highest-leverage ways to live well.
Twenty observations gathered during the first twenty years of life.
Why value exchange—not money alone—is the force that shapes the world.
This is going to be a complete breakdown of the development and launch of my first digital product PARAZETTEL last weekend.
Why sharp short-form writing requires more care than the internet gives it.
How to receive criticism and hate without letting it steer your work.
Why deliberately casual, engagement-led writing weakens a writer’s voice.
Finding the right balance between reflection and action to improve your mental map.
A reflection on separating your own ambitions from desires absorbed from other people.
A meditation on the disorder of the universe and the people who give life meaning.
A short film about friendship, shared experience and brotherhood.
Since the end of May, I’ve started earning my first online income through writing Medium articles.
It’s been a whole year since I first encountered Cal Newport’s book Digital Minimalism.
A film following the drive to find and photograph the natural world.
A short film about the small moments that become worth keeping.