Portfolio
FILM / TV
Features / essays
How The Family Comedy Can Get Its Groove Back - The Skinny
An Ode to the Chaos of Morning Television - Polyester Zine
In 2024 mainstream cinema, the throwback song went nuclear - Substack
Prowess beyond the pecs: Zac Efron’s dynamism - The Skinny
What Happened to the IT Girl Talent Show Judge?: The Faded Splendour of the Ladies of Saturday Night TV - Polyester Zine
Love Actually: A Christmas classic or unwatchable schmaltz-fest? - The Big Issue
Rom com royalty Meg Ryan returns home to woo us one more time - The Big Issue
Gen Z's gateway cultural education in Stranger Things - The Skinny
MUSIC
Features
Dua Lipa’s domination: understanding a specious superstar - The Skinny
Boys on Film: Men in Women’s Music Videos - Polyester Zine
Reviews
Nao Jupiter - The Skinny
The best lovestruck pop of 2024 - Substack
kitti Somethin’ In The Water - The Skinny
Griff vertigo - The Skinny
Kate Nash 9 Sad Symphonies - The Skinny
Maggie Rogers Don’t Forget Me - The Skinny
Troye Sivan Something To Give Each Other - Substack
Zara Larsson Venus - The Skinny
Kali Uchis Orquideas - The Skinny
Albums of 2023 (Olivia Rodrigo GUTS) - The Skinny
Sufjan Stevens Javelin - The Skinny
James Blake Playing Robots into Heaven - The Skinny
Renee Rapp Snow Angel - The Skinny
Mahalia IRL - The Skinny
Christine and the Queens PARANOIA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE - The Skinny
Ethel Cain concert @ SWG3 - The Skinny
Sky Ferreira concert @ SWG3 - The Skinny
Reviews
The Surfer - The Skinny
La Cocina - The Skinny
The Underrated and Overlooked Films from 2024 (Problemista and The Fall Guy) - The Skinny
TV shows of 2024 (English Teacher and The Vince Staples Show) - The Skinny
Nightbitch - The Skinny
Between the Temples - The Skinny
Crossing - The Skinny
Underrated films of 2023 (Theater Camp + Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret) - The Skinny
How to Have Sex - The Skinny
Past Lives - Snack Mag
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood - The Skinny
Fremont - The Skinny
La Syndicaliste - The Skinny
Rankings
Hannah Montana’s catalogue: a deep dive - Substack
Most fun tracks of 2023 - Substack
Top pop of 2022 - The Glasgow Guardian
Rankings
Every Greta Gerwig Film, ranked - i-D Magazine
The White Lotus Character Studies -The Glasgow Guardian
OTHER CULTURE COMMENTARY
Playboy and Man of the People: The Singular Charm of Pitbull - Polyester Zine
How Jemima Kirke Became The Oracle For Chronically Online Girlies - Polyester Zine
Solemates: A History of Our Fetish for Feet, book review - Snack Mag
Sexy Coffee, cafe review - Snack Mag, page 15 Issue 69
Big Tesco Energy: the je-ne-sais-quoi fulfilment of a late night trip to the shops - Substack
Dual Carriageway Dreaming - The Skinny
Cheap, drunk and vulgar: I’m fed up with anti-Scottish bigotry - The Independent
Unpacking Glasgow riddy culture: Scottish shame, jokes and self-growth - Substack