The Archive
The Diary
Every instalment of the experiment. Each entry opens on Substack, where the diary lives and breathes.
A Prologue
3 July 2026
Before We Begin...
Fact or fiction? A note to start with.
Instalment One
4 July 2026
Kateryna's Hand
On trauma, tenderness and the first lesson in power.
Instalment Two
5 July 2026
The Woman Who Thought I Was Too Submissive
On friendship, first crushes and the little girl who waited outside the bedroom door
An Interlude
9 July 2026
Permission to Play
Or perhaps more accurately, why I've decided to stop waiting for permission and simply follow my curiosity and a note about my new creative writing adventure...
Instalment Three
11 July 2026
George
On poetry, inconvenient chemistry and the man I have been trying not to write about.
Instalment Four
13 July 2026
The Tory MP
I thought this diary entry was going to be about a politician becoming my most unlikely subject. Halfway through writing, I realised it was really about my mother.
Instalment Five
15 July 2026
My Mother
What happens when the loudest voice in your head comes to stay for the weekend? Sometimes the hardest person to dominate is yourself.
Instalment Six
30 July 2026
Robin, The Man Who Isn't a Grandfather Clock
On healing beginning where judgement ends and the quiet privilege of witnessing another human rebuild from the inside out.
Instalment Seven
5 August 2026
Achilles’ Heel
On George, Odysseus, soul-kidnapping poetry, the price of attention (...and that subtle art of remembering)
Instalment Eight
12 August 2026
The Delirium Tremens of Love
On Etty Hillesum, Cornish fishermen, self-domination and learning to fly the plane
Instalment Nine
29 August 2026
Good Girl
On strength, softness and the safety to surrender without disappearing.
Instalment Ten
18 September 2026
Bad Girl
On inherited guilt, unfettered desire and being very, very bad.
Instalment Eleven
7 October 2026
Under pressure
On Eighties dance floors, peacocking teenagers, village busybodies and knowing when to take back the room...
New instalments arrive weekly. The archive updates as the experiment unfolds.
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