Socrates lived in Athens in the 5th Century BCE. He was the archetypal philosopher: a restless seeker after wisdom, a thorn in the side of the intelligentsia of Athens, a copious drinker, and a thinker who claimed that when it came down to it, he knew nothing at all.
Resisting hatred through curry, friendship, and hospitality
Nonfiction is about exploring the world, and our relationship with the world
A piece on BBC travel website.
Writing doesn't have to involve misery.
On witchcraft and gentrification in Yangon (republished from the SEA Globle).
Advice on writing from the most literary of all philosophers.
Creativity happens when you find the courage to do absolutely nothing
Don't work harder. Work softer.
Two approaches to world-building
Writing and the virtues of slacking off
A horror story from the wilds of Suffolk