Oli Spleen The second to last time I saw Nick Hudson was at the start of March 2023. I had booked a two week trip to visit him in Tbilisi Georgia in the hope of performing a gig together and maybe bashing out a couple of Charles Aznavour covers while soaking up the sights and…
Month: September 2025
Private Equity and Public Squalor
Ethan Oshoko You’ve likely read the term “private equity” in headlines over the past few years, or heard the term uttered by a news presenter giving an update on the acquisition of an ill-fated business like Toys R Us or Debenhams. The financial industry in general can seem like a highly abstract thing, more relevant…
Learning to Fly with Feathered Pen
Merlin Betts My mind goes back to Winter last year, the wind and the rain along the seafront, making my way from St Leonards, the lights in Bottle Alley, the waves shifting between the shadows. The storm whipping my coat as I turn to head up Robertson Street and then scamper over and around the…
0. All About Eve
Merlin Betts I read this and I immediately thought of the biblical Eve. I bet a lot of you did too. Eve, or an archetypal woman. I didn’t know that “All About Eve” also refers to a band, and that their name comes from a 1950s film, “All About Eve”, which is about women lecherously…




