Archive - What Good Stories

“I was eating cheesesteaks before you were born.” May 2025

Creative risk, Palestinian at heart, hypocrisy, dancing, meat, South Park stories, writing for AI, a betting seal...

May 31 •

April 2025

“This isn’t appropriate for us” April 25

Swearing, Valencia, Sudan, Kodak, network storytelling, chickens + a reluctant cat

Apr 30 •

March 2025

"I've even neglected the bacon machine for the news." March '25

Distractions, radio love, magazines, children’s books, the drama triangle, teenagers, childhood photography, how to make ideas stick, bacon... twice!

Mar 28 •

February 2025

“You’ve got the two best-looking guys on this call.” Feb 2025

Canines, permission to suck, tone of voice, sexy mannequins, archiving with care, projections, spoons…

Feb 28 •

January 2025

“Make them round, make them deep” January 2025

Karaoke, power in the media, paying attention, legacy fundraising, informed consent, brand, non-profit messaging, Sam Neill, more potatoes.

Jan 31 •

December 2024

“Speak your mind even if your voice shakes.” A sort-of review of the year.

Prizes for everyone including toilets, Tracy Chapman, dance compilations and brown.

Dec 31, 2024 •

“In a Christmas summer you might see a unicorn.” Nov-ish 24

Audience behaviour, background music, community, leaves behaving weirdly, ‘subjects’, Sudan, Quincy, AI slop…

Dec 3, 2024 •

October 2024

"You're not the boss, Daddy, Jesus is the boss." October 24

Mistrust, climate nonsense, free footage, solarpunk, your mum, badly timed questions, swifts, acting absurdly, empathy, the power of photography…

Oct 31, 2024 •

September 2024

"Let other people live the way they want to live, you know?" Sep 24

Loyle Carner, Marian Keyes, sexiness, hope, environmental defenders, lived experience, bad hair, media toolkits, at least one overly extended metaphor

Sep 23, 2024 •

August 2024

"It's not deep it's just potatoes" Aug 24

Jellied eels, casting long-term stories, love in Sierra Leone, trigger warnings, AI in journalism, cucumbers

Aug 31, 2024 •

July 2024

This is What Good Stories.

Jul 24, 2024 •

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