There is a particular kind of sporting happiness that outsiders often misunderstand. Not the chest-thumping stuff or the online nonsense where people suddenly become tactical experts after watching three highlights and half a scrum. Not the unbearable “we are massive” behaviour that makes everyone else mute group chats for a week. Just something calmer and quieter. […]

There is a very modern sporting habit that increasingly makes elite athletes look less like competitors and more like overtired toddlers at a birthday party who didn’t win pass the parcel. The moment the runner-up medal gets out on, off it comes as soon as the player walks off, and I mean straight away. No pause or […]

There is a very specific type of morning where you open your eyes, see grey drizzle pressing itself against the window like it owes it rent, and immediately question every life decision you have ever made; then there is the other kind of morning – the one where sunlight is pouring in, the sky is […]

There was a time when Google’s job was fairly simple. You searched for something, Google pointed you toward the best websites, and everyone got on with their day. Search engine, meet internet – sounds like a great arrangement. However, recently things began changing. It appears that Google increasingly wants to answer questions itself using AI-generated summaries […]

There is a sentence people sometimes use when trying to defend themselves:  “That wasn’t my intention.” (Usually spoken moments after they have emotionally flattened someone like a reversing forklift). The sentence itself is not necessarily dishonest. Most people genuinely do not intend to hurt, neglect, undermine, embarrass, deceive or disappoint others. Yet human life is filled with […]