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Paul Graham Raven

Paul is a writer, researcher and consulting critical and creative futures practitioner. He lives in Malmö with a cat, some guitars, and too many books.

call it in, take it off

call it in, take it off

Hello, worldbuilders! It's been quiet here this last week, because around this time on the Sunday previous I started thinking "hmm, I don't feel so great", and by the evening I was feeling (as we Brits say) like death warmed over. Hell knows what

week 35 / 2024

week 35 / 2024

Why do they call it "a cold" if a) you can get it in the summer, and b) it makes you feel hot and fevered? This week, things have been slow, for reasons of plague.

less magic, more traffic

less magic, more traffic

Hello, worldbuilders! It feels a lot like the roundabout just hasn't stopped spinning over the week just gone—and next week it's The Conference, which means the metaphorical carny will be reaching out his hairy hand to give it another good shove... which means there'

week 34 / 2024

week 34 / 2024

Apparently adults don't get a sticker for visiting the dentist, even when they've not been for two decades? ANYWAY—this week, tales are constituting tellers, and patterns are undergoing recognition.

pass the vol-au-vents

pass the vol-au-vents

Hello, worldbuilders! And welcome to those of you who've signed up in the last few days. Glad you could come—take a chair, get yourself a drink. How are things? We've got no Actual Announcement this week; I would announce again that I've giving

week 33 / 2024

week 33 / 2024

Muggy, sticky, clammy... and that's just my handshake! This week, we've got Kentucky gentlemen and New Yorickan communists, and a whole lot more besides.