Freddie

"Today might be the best chance you have to take action.

The longer you wait, the more deeply embedded you get in your current lifestyle. Your habits solidify. Your beliefs harden. You get comfortable.

It will never be easy, but it may also never be easier than it is right now."

Former lawyer and professional poker player Cate Hall on asking for things that feel unreasonable:

"Ask for things. Ask for things that feel unreasonable, to make sure your intuitions about what's reasonable are accurate (of course, try not to be a jerk in the process). If you're only asking for things you get, you're not aiming high enough."

Loving what you have gives you everything you need — because contentment isn’t complacency, it’s mastery. It’s the rare art of extracting infinity from the finite, of sipping morning coffee like it’s a Roman feast and holding a familiar hand like it’s a divine revelation. We have become addicted to upgrades and insatiable scrolls, then gratitude is... See more

the Barbican still has its ornamental, shapely elements. Does this still count as Brutalism?

The Barbican’s architects, Chamberlin Powell and Bon, never explicitly called themselves Brutalists. They drew inspiration from a large range of styles, and the Barbican does contain some contradictions. It was once planned to be far more decorative, covere... See more

Alasdair Gray, Lanark: A Life in Four Books (1981)

Best if you’re looking for an epic

This is my favourite book. It is the masterpiece of the late Scottish artist and writer Alasdair Gray, who also wrote Poor Things, which was excellently adapted by Yorgos Lanthimos into a movie last year.

Lanark is a vast, metatextual novel that defies easy catego... See more