News Archive
5th February 2011: Confabulation
On February 5th, I’ll be doing a stint at Matt Goldberg’s storytelling night, Confabulation. It’s at a venue called Shaika in Montreal and is sure to be a hoot. The theme of this month’s performance is ‘neighbourhoods’ so I’ll be squirting out some anecdotal curds about Dudley, England.
Side Street Review article. December 2010.
The December issue of Side Street Review features a lengthy interview I did with philosopher Joseph Heath on the idea that rebellion against Capitalism actually helps the system. It makes for chilling reading but hopefully ends on a positive note.
13-14 November 2010: New Escapologist @ Expozine 2010
Samara and I will be selling New Escapologist and Shanti’s Book of Panties at Expozine 2010 on Saturday and Sunday. Come along if you’re local. In preparation for the weekend, our apartment is now a stockroom for several hundred copies of New Escapologist. If you’d like to relieve some of our burden, Issues 1-4 are [...]
New Escapologist breakfast party @ The School of Life, London
8:30am, 13th August 2010 sees the New Escapologist breakfast party at the School of Life in London. Founded by Alain de Botton and friends, the School is the perfect venue to mark the launch of our philosophy-inspired fourth issue. The School is officially closed for the duration of August, but they’re opening especially for us. [...]
Bookfair appearance
I know most of my friends and fans live in Britain but if any of you are in Québec, I’ll be spreading Escapological whimsy at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair on 29th and 30th May.
New Escapologist website launched
New Escapologist has a new home on the web. We hope you enjoy the new look. The site was built on the proceeds of Issue 3 sales. Huge thanks go out to our loyal readers. As ever, you can leave comments at the new site and send us your lengthier messages by email. Remember to [...]
Wringham & Godsil take a break
Rob has moved to Canada for a while and Dan has been arrested for being a sex pest. Or maybe it was the other way around, what do I know? I’m just an imaginary voice in your head. For these reasons, Wringham & Godsil are taking a break from the podcastery but will be back [...]
New Escapologist Issue Three on sale now
Issue Three of New Escapologist is now available to for your delectation. This issue features a conversation with Tom Hodgkinson, David Gross on tax resistance, Leo Babauta on shopping, Brian Dean on anxiety culture, Reggie C. King on the works of Moondog, Dickon Edwards on pseudonyms and truly loads more. Discover what to embrace and [...]
New Wringham & Godsil podcasts
Mr. Daniel James Godsil and I have taken up recording Wringham & Godsil’s Alphabites once more. It’s just a thing we do for fun but it wouldn’t be any good without an audience to imagine, so we release them into the wild. Two new podcasts (“T is for Trailer” and “E is for Etterick”) are [...]
OMG! returns to Glasgow. 31st January 2010.
Fergus Mitchell’s amazing cabaret of diary-reading and earnestness returns to Glasgow’s Offshore Cafe on 31st January 2010. It’s likely to be a “Greatest Hits” performance, so anyone who missed my infamous slideshow could have a rare opportunity to see it again. Join us on Facebook and feel free to download, circulate, print or partially digest [...]
