ReedWrites

For the first time in years, I made a film

Reflections on the joys of sharing a product with an audience again, creating for the sake of creating, and how David Lynch's death helped me to…

Aug 22

Materialists | Film Review

Celine Songs balances the theatrical and the real, the mainstream and arthouse, the glamour and the ruggedness in her follow-up to Past Lives.

Aug 15

March 2025

This Seat is Taken

A short story based on a picture of a chair in Portugal.

Mar 14

January 2025

Murakami Made Me Do It; or, How I Started Running Properly

The blog where I pretend that I finally have it all figured out.

Jan 18

August 2024

Dad Made Me Do It; or, How I Started Running Further

Beers, a drunken challenge, and motivation from my old man. A chronicle of how I went from the pub to running my first marathon.

Aug 28, 2024

Drink Made Me Do It; or, How I Started Running

How booze, indie music, and a bet formed the perfect recipe to discover a love of running.

Aug 2, 2024

July 2024

Lose Yourself: An egotist's reflections on 'enlightenment' in the modern age

Musings on ideas around self-improvement and self-actualisation.

Jul 25, 2024

June 2024

Delight in Decline: The Beautiful Decay of the Northern Powerhouse

A love letter to Northwich and the other Northern towns whose real value is left behind in valueless redevelopment agendas.

Jun 12, 2024

January 2023

A Very Dramatic Ending

An unfortunate man meets his untimely demise and two mismatched detectives.

Jan 25, 2023

November 2022

One Year of One Song Per Day

One song per day. One song per artist. One year in the making.

Nov 20, 2022

October 2022

George and the Concrete Jungle

George lay there, staring up, and as though staring into a mirror, he couldn’t help but realise they replicated his rare moment of stillness and stared…

Oct 2, 2022

September 2022

The Final Cut

A short story based on a photograph taken by Georgia Hope.

Sep 18, 2022