Input

Sharing Some Dots

Feb 17, 2026

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6 min read

On pride and productivity

[FROM THE ARCHIVE] So many employers profess to value wellbeing — until it comes into conflict with the productivity which they value even more.

Philip Holyman

Writing Process

On (un)healthy relationships with the metal pet

Feb 10, 2026

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6 min read

On (un)healthy relationships with the metal pet

"And then I realised, geez, how dependent I have been on my cellphone. But I should confess, you know, after the first day, I felt liberated."

Philip Holyman

Writing Process

Jan 13, 2026

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6 min read

On my tsundoku pile for this year

Whatever you’re reading at the start of 2026, I wish you joy in discovering some new friends and in reconnecting with some old ones.

Philip Holyman

Writing Process

Oct 14, 2025

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7 min read

On story, narrative and plot

I'm twitching nervously because I've realised we’re venturing into the territory of reader-response criticism here...

Philip Holyman

Audio, Film & Digital

On having your vichyssoise and eating it

Jul 22, 2025

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7 min read

On having your vichyssoise and eating it

Is Bruce Wayne, like so many of us, just plain lazy when it comes to matters of taste?

Philip Holyman

Writing Process

On horsetail, therapy and the persistent roots of creation

Jul 1, 2025

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6 min read

On horsetail, therapy and the persistent roots of creation

It's survived asteroid impacts and waves of mass extinction. It's not going to surrender lightly.

Writing Process

On when the mind is empty and when the mind is full

Jun 24, 2025

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5 min read

On when the mind is empty and when the mind is full

Joy is currently failing me and I’m very aware that this is a dangerous, not to mention costly, headspace for a freelancer to find themselves in.

Philip Holyman

Writing Process

On the grown-up equivalent of circling products in an Argos catalogue

May 20, 2025

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8 min read

On the grown-up equivalent of circling products in an Argos catalogue

How do we make our work space more of a play space? What toys does it need to be filled with?

Philip Holyman

Sharing Some Dots

On behaving like a pineapple, or, realising when it’s not all about you

Feb 25, 2025

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6 min read

On behaving like a pineapple, or, realising when it’s not all about you

What better way of challenging these unhelpful feelings than by taking my clothes off in front a room full of strangers?

Philip Holyman

Writing Process

Feb 11, 2025

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7 min read

On my Golden Apples Theory

I’ve been saying for years, usually to drama students in training, that audiences are always locked in a race with whatever they encounter.

Philip Holyman

Output

Sep 24, 2024

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5 min read

On more than one kind of input

Because books have always been my default sources of input, I used to assume, unthinkingly, that it would be the case for other people, too.

Philip Holyman

Input

On pride and productivity

On (un)healthy relationships with the metal pet

On my tsundoku pile for this year

On story, narrative and plot

On having your vichyssoise and eating it

On horsetail, therapy and the persistent roots of creation

On when the mind is empty and when the mind is full

On the grown-up equivalent of circling products in an Argos catalogue

On behaving like a pineapple, or, realising when it’s not all about you

On my Golden Apples Theory

On more than one kind of input

But anyway, I digress...