Richard Godwin

Penny Slinger was a pioneering feminist artist of the late 1960s counter-culture whose surrealism collapsed the distinction between creator and muse, seer and seen. She transgressed every taboo going - before abandoning the art world for decades. Finally on the cusp of wider recognition, she gave her first newspaper interview since 1971.

On Tuca and Bertie and politics and fantasy

"To a surprising extent, to know the crow is to know ourselves"... I investigated the rural culture wars over the right to shoot crows. (Clue: It's actually pheasants we should be worried about)

A 76 year-old triathlete, a 105 year-old sprinter, a 106 year-old marathon runner... I sought life wisdom from some of the world's most advanced athletes

On the future of psychedelic medicine - and why hallucinogens are wasted on the young

I wrote about the evolutionary arms race between advertisers and Gen Z.

I peeped into the unsettling world of Baby Tech: the companies who want your baby's data, the parents who are happy to outsource their anxiety, and the babies whose every breath is being tracked.

A cultural history of muting

Why is astrology so resurgent among Millennials? I looked up into the heavens and deep into my Cancerian soul, and found some surprising answers

I caught up w/ Zadie Smith in NYC to talk about her latest book Swing Time and pretty much everything in between. Oh and how Hillary would definitely win.

What the queen of light entertainment can teach us about identity... and tax evasion

The alcoholic commandments, extracted from my book, The Spirits: A Guide to Modern Cocktailing (Square Peg)

I spoke to Aubrey de Grey of SENS, Samantha Payne of Open Bionics, Bryan Johnson of Kernel and other leading thinkers about what the future holds for the human form

On influencers, nano-influencers and how selling out became a way of life

I investigated the hot new lifestyle trend: breathing.