Hayden WoolleyA Series of Stray Observations About Erling Braut HaalandThere’s something anachronistic about the levels of pure spectacle surrounding Erling Haaland, as though this were the late-1800s and he’s…Apr 13, 2023Apr 13, 2023
Hayden WoolleyBecoming The Computer: An EssayNote: This is the text of a video essay which can be watched hereApr 6, 2021Apr 6, 2021
Hayden WoolleyTop Ten: Non-Fiction Lockdown ReadsWhenever I realise I’m not doing much reading, I think back to Tim Urban’s Your Life In Weeks post and do some quick mental arithmetic. If…May 24, 2020May 24, 2020
Hayden WoolleyThe Near-Total Derangement of The Daily MailThe Daily Mail has a long history of seeking to distinguish its readers from those with a developed prefrontal cortex. This should come as…May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
Hayden WoolleyThe Quiet Death of British SatireEven at the best of times, England must seem like an exceedingly fucking weird place to outsiders. We’re the country who spawned Noel…Mar 5, 2016Mar 5, 2016
Hayden WoolleyThe Pepper GrinderFor her birthday, George’s wife had received a pepper grinder. It was a large object, certainly. ‘Unreasonably large’ according to George…Jan 10, 2016Jan 10, 2016
Hayden WoolleyA Very British ApocalypsePerhaps, when The End eventually comes, we’ll all be sat round our living rooms feeling terribly disappointed with the whole thing. The…Nov 19, 2015Nov 19, 2015
Hayden Woolley#MasculinitySoFragile — So How Do We Fix It?As is well known, men are fragile, ego-driven creatures who can only concentrate on one thing at a time and are bereft of the ability to…Sep 28, 20151Sep 28, 20151
Hayden WoolleyXFM Is Dead — Long Live Radio X?Earlier this week a press release dropped from the sky and exploded upon impact with news that we’d apparently been waiting all Summer to…Sep 9, 2015Sep 9, 2015
Hayden Woolley9 Things That Only Hipsters Will Relate ToIf you’re the sort of person who spends Christmas Day ranking the feature documentaries of Werner Herzog before gathering your entire…Sep 9, 2015Sep 9, 2015
