Archive - Sam's Good Stuff

The Phones Have Made Parenting Easy

There's now only one thing you need to do

Aug 15 •

A Duck That Dreamed

Many of you readers (i.e.

Aug 1 •

July 2025

The Countersignal Sandwich

While the elbows-out technocrats of tomorrow fell out the office to grab their Lebanese lunchboxes and Korean kimchi noodles, I stayed put, only to be…

Jul 18 •

The Servantless Cook

In which the author explains how you can be a better host

Jul 4 •

June 2025

Slumdog Millionaire Shortbread

Shantaram is the semi-autobiographical account of life in Bombay’s underbelly, and the infamous literary fire-starter that fueled a thousand gap year…

Jun 20 •

Incel Minestrone

Taking These Things Seriously (Finally)

Jun 6 •

March 2023

How Not To Miss Your Wife's Labour

The baby was due a week ago and each day since we have awoken tense that it may appear and laid down to sleep disappointed that it hasn’t.

Mar 2, 2023 •

February 2023

Cooking Oil Has Been Cancelled

Cooking oil has attracted the focus of public outrage this week after being purported to be deeply hydrophobic.

Feb 15, 2023 •

Predicting If Dinner Will Be Good Pt. 2

Feb 8, 2023 •

January 2023

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