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This is where everything lives.

You’ll find writing, reflections, and notes across games, films, books, music, audio, and television, alongside a few pieces that don’t fit neatly anywhere else. Some posts are fragments, some are longer, and some are best dipped into rather than read all at once.

There’s no intended order here. Follow your interest, or simply browse.

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Cinematic night scene in deep blue and crimson tones used as the featured image for a reflective BTS ARIRANG album review

Arirang – BTS, Identity, and the Myth of “Compromise”

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It’s been five days since BTS released ARIRANG on 20 March 2026, and I’ve already listened to it end-to-end more times than I can count.…

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Wuthering Heights 2026 film moor landscape and gothic atmosphere

Wuthering Heights – red corridors, wild moors, and the moment the film finally broke my heart

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Warning – I am going to be a bit dramatic, but the film is dramatic, so… here we are. These are my initial immediate thoughts…

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Return to Moria Deeps cavern with dark vertical descent and eerie lighting

Return to Moria EP6 – Into the Deeps, a ladder-based tragedy, and Tel reaching her limit

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Return to Moria EP6 originally streamed on 19th March 2026 – we went back into the Deeps feeling far too confident, immediately made some absolutely…

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Pop culture, performance and projection. The stories we tell about idols often say more about us than about them.

The Strange Infantilisation of Male Idols

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There’s a pattern in parts of idol fandom that becomes impossible to ignore once you start seeing it. Adult men, successful professionals in their mid-twenties…

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We return to Orc Town to recover our gear, defeat our first boss, and immediately make questionable decisions in Return to Moria EP5.

Return to Moria EP5 – The Second Descent: we retrieve our bodies from Orc Town, accidentally become competent, and then immediately lose control again

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Return to Moria EP5 originally streamed on 17th March 2026 – we returned to Orc Town to retrieve our bodies, discovered that strategy might actually…

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Text graphic reading “FFS Stop Trying to Unmask Banksy” discussing the mystery and anonymity of the street artist.

Stop Trying to Unmask Banksy – You’re Missing the Point

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FFS. Stop Trying to Unmask Banksy. Every few months the internet decides it absolutely must solve the mystery of Banksy. Cue investigative threads.Cue documentaries.Cue people…

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A single spotlight shining onto an empty stage in darkness, symbolising the pressure and visibility placed on people who appear on reality television.

When Reality TV Becomes a Target

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A small reflection on fandom, editing and real people Over the past few months several online fandom storms have made me pause and think about…

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Our Return to Moria EP4 stream recap - steel swords, spider chaos, corpse runs, Orc Town and a boss fight that went very badly indeed.

Return to Moria EP4 – The Second Descent: steel swords, spider chaos, Orc Town, and our first truly terrible decision

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There are streams where you begin with a clear plan, sharp focus and an organised sense of purpose. And then there are streams where you…

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Return to Moria The Second Descent EP3 | Orc Town, Crystal Depths & Black Diamond

Return to Moria EP3 – The Second Descent: birthday mushrooms, Orc Town, the Crystal Depths, and the first time Moria felt properly enormous

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The Return to Moria EP3 – The Second Descent originally streamed on 10th March 2026 – it was birthday dwarfing, chest-sorting, steam-vent death, a black…

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Lion dance and red lanterns during Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown, London.

What I Watched, Played, and Listened To – February 2026

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My monthly media journal – games, music, films, books, and whatever else captured my attention that month. February felt like a month lived in the…

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In The Second Descent EP2, the internet crashes, the loot luck improves, we survive the forge horde properly this time, and somehow end up fighting a bear in Return to Moria.

Return to Moria EP2 – The Second Descent: the internet dies, Tel becomes my foreman, and I accidentally turn into a dwarven huntress

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The Second Descent EP2 originally streamed on 5th March 2026 – the internet betrayed us last time, the loot luck improved dramatically, we survived the…

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The first episode of our Return to Moria Second Descent. We rebuild camp, discover a massive iron deposit, debate mushroom survival strategies, and realise we accidentally created identical dwarves.

Return to Moria EP1 – Second Descent: Identical Dwarves, Mushroom Economics, and a Very Large Iron Vein

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Return to Moria – Second Descent EP1 originally streamed on 3rd March 2026. We went back into the mountain with a clearer plan, an improved…

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