Archive - Pitchfork Papers

"I thought I was doing it for them, but the one that got the most out of it was me."

May 25 •

Pitchfork Papers

The £2 Basil Leaf

Some thoughts on the edge of the Great Tariff Hooha

May 2 •

Pitchfork Papers

April 2025

FlipFlop Freddy and his Fabulous Fibs

An attempt to translate "Verarschung" into English and the state of play in this strangest of German parliamentary elections

Apr 18 •

Pitchfork Papers

February 2025

The State We're In

(Initially published in Grant Williams’ February “Things That Make You Go Hmmm..” Letter)

Feb 21

January 2025

La plus difficile de nos vertus

The economic rationale for long term relationships in business (and elsewhere)

Jan 25 •

Pitchfork Papers

The Curse of Swamp Creatures

Fighting dirty in Germany as the election approaches.

Jan 10 •

Pitchfork Papers

December 2024

Top of the Pops

The not-so-subtle difference between Populist and Popular

Dec 6, 2024 •

Pitchfork Papers

November 2024

Deficit Attention

How to think about the future without thinking about the future.

Nov 30, 2024 •

Pitchfork Papers

September 2024

Evolutionary Kakistocracy

"Every high civilisation decays by forgetting obvious things"~ G.K. Chesterton

Sep 20, 2024 •

Pitchfork Papers

Expect Anything Worthwhile to Take a Long Time

or Why I love to write and publish and read on @Substack and some advice - solicited - to writers just starting.

Sep 6, 2024 •

Pitchfork Papers

August 2024

Sticks and Stones...(revisited)

‘In most cases, the meaning of a word is its use'

Aug 30, 2024 •

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“Non è giusto”

When is enough enough?

Aug 2, 2024 •

Pitchfork Papers

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