An autobiographical poem about becoming hairy and how I felt about the masculinity a hairy body connotes.
When I was young, but growing old,
My changing body did unfold,
Where once was just smooth pale flesh,
Sprouted an ever expanding mesh,
For a long time I was perplexed,
My body was being hairily annexed…
Every day we wear a wall, we enclose ourselves, just peeking out so we can see, hear, smell, eat, and hold things. If it is really cold sometimes we sacrifice those abilities too! We decorate our walls with colours, patterns, and textures. …
Adapted from an email to my Conservative-voting dad, trying to explain just how awful the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021 is for the rights of protest in the UK.
In short, the wording of the bill gives the police and the home secretary the ability to arbitrarily declare…
A guide to the many places you can find the famous dinosaur Dippy the Diplodocus, and the history of its duplicate casts around the world.
Dippy is a celebrity dinosaur, a beautiful and imposing specimen of the species Diplodocus carnegeli, one of the awe-inspiring giant long-necked sauropods. But what might…
A poetic celebration of the glorious diversity of nipples.
Pink and pale, darkest brown,
Fleshy tones, can be subtle or profound,
Some nipples like to be bold and showy,
Others blend in, their skin tones flowy.
Maybe your nipples are really tiny
Almost no areola, they’re still shiny,
But some are wide…
Lincoln City Council are currently running a public consultation on their plans for the redevelopment of Lincoln Central Market. If you’re a Lincoln resident, I encourage you to add your feedback and thoughts. …
Before my wedding to my amazing wife Nadine, I was really apprehensive at the prospect of wearing a wedding ring — So much so that I suggested us getting tattooed rings instead; which is quite something for someone who both has a really low pain threshold, and hates tattoos! …
Thoughts on the sexualisation of body parts, taboos and mental self policing that causes, and the freedom we could have in a nudist society free of body shame.
As a nudist, and an artist who focuses on nudity, I often find one of the biggest barriers to people trying out…
The following in an excerpt from a photographic portrait series I created.
Who are you? What sort of person do you think you are? What sort of person do others see you as? Every day we make ourselves who we think we are; who we want to be; or who…
