Category: Journal

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    Tintin at 92: Lessons from my hero

    There is no other fictional character who has shaped me or who means as much to me as Tintin. I first discovered the adventures of the perennially youthful Belgian journalist and globe-trotter in the Sunday Times’ children’s supplement The Funday Times. Every week, they used to publish an episode of his adventures and I devoured…

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    Finding the magic in 2020

    Let’s not sugar coat it; this year has been rough. It has been equal parts trying and tragic, with a global pandemic causing millions of deaths worldwide, domestic lockdowns and a shutdown of international travel, all against a backdrop of social upheaval and division. Businesses have struggled to stay afloat, while everyone has battled with…

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    Lockdown Musings

    All lockdown and no play makes Chris a dull boy. All lockdown and no play makes Chris a dull boy. All lockdown and no play makes Chris a dull boy. All lockdown and no play makes Chris a dull boy. All lockdown and no play makes Chris a dull boy. All lockdown and no play…

  • Dear America – Election 2020

    Dear America, I know we have not always had the best relationship, you and I. I have been sarcastic about you in the past, adopting a similar manner to many of my countrymen. Indeed, after the last election in 2016, I was fairly scathing about the result. But, since today is Election Day once more…

  • Now we are three

    Millennial Gent is three years old today. When it comes to writing and planning this blog, I usually end up asking two questions of myself: ‘Why am I writing this?’ and ‘What is Millennial Gent?’ This blog spawned out of a couple of old blogs I had done random scribblings on, without ever putting too…

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    The Rock: Lessons from the 200 million man

    Dwayne Johnson recently announced that he has passed 200 million followers on Instagram. This makes him the most followed man in America and the most-followed American man worldwide. Whether you have been following the man formerly known as The Rock since his body slams and baby oil days in the then World Wrestling Federation, or…

  • Trump’s second term agenda is bonkers, but it could win

    Election fun is in full swing over in the US and that means that incumbent President Donald Trump is marching down the road towards a possible second term. An election and a campaign for the White House mean that Trump needs a manifesto so his supporters can rally round his causes and know what he…

  • PSA: The world doesn’t suck

    This morning, a campaign spearheaded by Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford convinced the Government into a U-turn on free school meal vouchers for English families this summer. And for the first time in a while, my Twitter feed was not a dark pit of negativity and bile which I hated looking at but…

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    How to make the most of lockdown

    “May you live in interesting times.” That may or may not be a curse of Chinese provenance, but one cannot help but feel that it might have been uttered in rage a few months ago. We certainly live in interesting times. As of yesterday, the UK is now in the state of lockdown which many…

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    Wash your damn hands

    Today I was in the gym, changing room and I saw a guy washing his hands. He was taking a long time over it. In fact, he was there long enough to have sung God Save The Queen at least twice. But the reason he was at the sink for so long is not because…