Our first theatrical production
Arthur's written a play. And it's being performed. And it's quite short. You should come!
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Musicking, Cavaliers and rooms full of teeth
The always stimulating Tom Whitwell was kind enough to put up with me asking him for some recommendations...
The London Review of TikToks
The London Review of TikTok's - 19th July
Cycling corner: @jbillinson if you’re watching the tour de france this year, keep an eye out for a very funny form of cheating: the sticky bottle #cycling #TourDeFrance #sports #bike #sportstiktokcontest ♬ C.B.Rhumba by Sage Guyton and Jeremy Wakefield - SpongeRadio @blakeoftoday I couldn’t get this out of
Keep it on your phone
Fredkin's; the best paradox
Here's an explanation for why nothing gets done: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredkin%27s_paradox Here's a shorter version
Thank your authors
I've had a couple of really nice notes in the last couple of months. People getting in touch to say they liked something I'd written. This is an incredibly pleasant feeling and it doesn't happen very often. And every time it happens I'
Make more slides
I did a presentation for the good people of GDS the other week. I really enjoyed it. The presenting and the questions and all that but also, just the craft and the opportunity to think about an argument and to make some new slides. Neil is right. I want to
The London Review of TikToks
The London Review of TikToks 5th July 2026
Let me get the three piece and a biscuit @gracespelman the songs aren’t ranked except for #1 which is ABSOLUTELY MY FAVORITE #musicdiscovery #musicrecommendations #playlist ♬ original sound - grace 🎧 | music discovery @nationofartisans How did Kaymet, a WWII-era sheet metal workshop on the Old Kent Road making chassis for radar,
One weird trick
A story I've told a thousand times, but still useful, I suspect.
More Do
I had a phase of making little videos about the things in the Do book, and then I forgot. So here we go again:
What are you working on?
Notes and links - 28th June 2026
"Consulting giant Accenture is trying to figure out how to stop non-technical workers from blowing through companies’ AI token budget on trivial tasks like converting PDFs to presentation slides" The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AILeaked audio from Accenture says