Here's a photograph of a man who went by the name of Shakespeare Hirst.

I used to get anxious about running into Mark E Smith.

I wrote a piece on the history of cannibals in films for the Quietus, from 1932 Fay Wray schlocker Doctor X through to last year's The Neon Demon, with an excursion around cinema’s most iconic flesh-eater.

I’ve a new essay, titled ‘Let’s Take the Dog for a Walk and Frighten Somebody!’ on The Real Story.

I reviewed David Samuel Levinson's new novel, Tell Me How This Ends Well, for Litro.