Also from this weekend: some time I spent on the Norwegian north west coast recently writing about an enormous bonfire, for the FT www.ft.com/content/1f36...

A midsummer night’s inferno

On Norway’s wild west coast, the island city of Ålesund marks the solstice with one of the world’s biggest bonfires

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I wrote today's Vittles essay, on what happens to your food waste www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/how-to-mak...

How to make bin 'soup'

Imogen-West Knights investigates the journey of food waste - from disposal, to recycling. Photographs by Wunmi Onibudo.

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Loved this piece by @imogenwk.bsky.social about the food waste system, not least because it’s really hopeful! It’s so calming (as well as interesting) to read about a system that works and does good.

How to make bin 'soup'

Imogen-West Knights investigates the journey of food waste - from disposal, to recycling. Photographs by Wunmi Onibudo.

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I didn't share this at the time because I've forgotten how to post lol but here is the trailer for our next video game, for which there is now also a demo!!! Out later this year store.steampowered.com/app/2418040/...

Beyond The Plastic Wall on Steam

Set off on an adventure set in a sprawling world that blends satisfying, mechanical puzzles with a rich narrative. Explore a stunning pixel-art world, repair intricate machines & meet unforgettabl...

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August Håkansson’s 115th Dream ✨@augusthakansson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

i couldn't be prouder (or more terrified) to finally be able to share this with so here it is BEYOND THE PLASTIC WALL - REVEAL TRAILER published and co-produced with the really cool people over at ARTE France @artefr.bsky.social wishlist it here: store.steampowered.com/app/2418040/...

My piece about a weekend in Connecticut at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament is out now at Slate! Come and get square with me slate.com/life/2026/06...

They’re Old Fashioned. They Were Never Supposed to Be This Popular. I Saw Why They’re Only Getting Bigger.

How an old-fashioned favorite re-conquered America.

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So, this is my publisher & I have an ARC of Shy Girl I have now read. I liked this Slate article by @imogenwk.bsky.social because it made the point ‘editors… simply don’t have time.’ The vast majority of people I know in the publishing world love books & work past their limits. Including writers.

A Publisher Pulled a Book for Suspected A.I. Use. I Read It—and Found One Telltale Sign Above All Else.

I got my hands on a copy of Shy Girl after Hachette canceled the release. What I found was revealing.

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Look what just arrived! THE ASSET CLASS is out on 9 April with @wnbooks.bsky.social - you can read more about it and pre-order through my website (I’ll also be posting in the coming weeks on there about events I’ll be doing in April, May and beyond)

Hello! I am writing a piece about this book for Slate. If any publishing professionals would like to share any intel/opinion they have about how publishing houses are handling AI in submissions, please do get in touch. Can be anonymous

An essay I wrote for The Dial about Wikipedia's humanity in the age of AI informational slurry is out now!

The Dial@thedialmag.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Wikipedia’s survival has never been under greater threat. There’s the growing volume of anti-Wikipedia sentiment on the right. And who will need Wikipedia if they can get an AI summary? Imogen West-Knights on the advantage that humans have in keeping it alive: www.thedial.world/articles/new...

Wikipedia’s survival has never been under greater threat. There’s the growing volume of anti-Wikipedia sentiment on the right. And who will need Wikipedia if they can get an AI summary? Imogen West-Knights on the advantage that humans have in keeping it alive: www.thedial.world/articles/new...

In Search of Wikipedia’s Saviors — The Dial

Can Tom, Betty, Patricia and Isidora rescue the site from AI?

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My first piece for the new Observer is out in print this weekend, or you can read it now, here! About an academy for butlers in the Netherlands observer.co.uk/style/featur...

Meet the 21st-century butlers training for a life in service | The Observer

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For years, I’ve been enjoying bad shows, writes @imogenwk.bsky.social. But now, one show has come along to make me reconsider what ‘bad’ even means—Kim Kardashian’s ‘All’s Fair’.

I have finally discovered truly terrible TV

For years, I’ve been enjoying bad shows. But now, one show has come along to make me reconsider what “bad” even means…

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I wrote about shrimp and also my sweet dog who died recently. may you also find love in an unlikely place slate.com/life/2025/11...

To You, They’re Dinner. To Me, They’re the Perfect Pets.

My beloved new friends have brains the size of a grain of sand.

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Excited to say that the beautiful Guardian Long Read Magazine is out now, ft. work by @mrkocnnll.bsky.social, @imogenwk.bsky.social, @jackgoulder.bsky.social, @tessairini.bsky.social, @hettieobrien.bsky.social + many other brilliant writers. Order your copy here guardianbookshop.com/long-read-50...

The Guardian Long Read

A better place to buy your books. Support independent journalism with everything you buy. Free UK P&P on online orders over £25

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the very beautiful second volume of the Guardian Long Read magazine is out now! featuring my piece on a chimpanzee escape from a Swedish zoo. get a copy! guardianbookshop.com/long-read-50...

The Guardian Long Read

A better place to buy your books. Support independent journalism with everything you buy. Free UK P&P on online orders over £25

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went to some virtual reality Titanic “experiences” for FT Weekend www.ft.com/content/9131...

Why does the sinking of the Titanic still captivate us so?

Virtual-reality experiences invite participants to feel what it was like to actually be on the ship

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went to some virtual reality Titanic “experiences” for FT Weekend www.ft.com/content/9131...

Why does the sinking of the Titanic still captivate us so?

Virtual-reality experiences invite participants to feel what it was like to actually be on the ship

ft.com

I spoke to six people across the income spectrum in the UK about how money does and doesn't work for them for the new issue of British GQ www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/six-...

Six ordinary people speak candidly about the cost of living in Britain

It might be the last taboo in Britain: money. Who hasn’t got enough. Who has too much. Who is paying (or isn’t) and for what. So, we assembled a handful of Brits from different income brackets – from ...

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unexpected and very nice to have a piece I wrote for the dial about baseball last year selected for this anthology! ⚾ the piece is here: www.thedial.world/articles/new...

The Cultural Dissonance of Watching Baseball in London — The Dial

A hot dog, a Pimm’s cup and two national anthems.

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Triumph Books@triumphbooks.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Hanif Abdurraqib has curated an extraordinary collection showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports. We're honored to announce this year's featured writers! Pre-order The Year's Best Sports Writing 2025 today: buff.ly/7gs9meT

The Finnish tourist board claim that they can teach you how to be happy. I wrote about their attempt to make me as happy as the happiest people on earth for Slate, and you can read it here if you like slate.com/life/2025/08...

It’s the Happiest Country in the World. I Spent a Week There. I Wish I Could Unlearn Its Secret.

The truth is both simpler and more complicated than it seems.

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indulged in a little “old man yells at cloud” ranting in the guardian today www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

ChatGPT has its uses, but I still hate it – and I’ll tell you why | Imogen West-Knights

It’s bad for the planet and could make many jobs – including mine – obsolete. But my loathing runs deeper than that, says writer Imogen West-Knights

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This week’s FT Weekend magazine cover story is by me! About five days I spent last summer at a brain-hacking retreat in Washington www.ft.com/content/0bb8...

Inside the ‘neurohacking’ camp that promises worldly bliss in five days

Can you really gain 40 years of spiritual enlightenment in a week?

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great @imogenwk.bsky.social piece on why it still feels off that Black Mirror has made "basement goblin" Charlie Brooker an international star.

The Netflix Show That Ruined Everyone’s Lives is Back. Not Enough People Know Who Made It.

He's a household name of a very different sort in Britain.

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another blinder of a day for the forces of evil that periodically try to make me learn how the stock markets work. my stupidity will prevail. you will not make me read that

wrote about a beloved hobby of mine slate.com/culture/2025...

The British Figured Out the Perfect Kind of Crossword. Where You At, Americans?

How to get started with cryptic crosswords, the most rewarding kind of puzzle.

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really missing twitter today x

The Londoner@londonermag.bsky.social · last yr.

"My event is the only one that fucks. Believe me, those bathrooms have seen a lot.” Reading series have become the capital's most in-demand tickets. Are they making London's literary scene sexy again? www.the-londoner.co.uk/inside-londo...

There’s still another season for Severance’s showrunners to throw it all away, Lost-style. But I feel cautiously confident that they won’t, writes @imogenwk.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

Severance and the art of the mystery reveal

How do you balance the setting-up of questions with the provision of answers? Some shows get it very right—and some disastrously wrong

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Out today in FT Weekend, a piece about a couple of days I spent at a centre for hobo culture in California last summer, and railroad riding in general www.ft.com/content/b7f8...

Life on the tracks: hanging with America’s hobos

Their heyday may have been 100 years ago, but hobos are still riding freight trains to get around today

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i am now in greenland, for it is turning out to be… an unspecified length of time. if you’re interested in greenland i am documenting it on instagram! find me there if you like!

Imogen West-Knights@imogenwk.bsky.social · 2y ago

Very very very excited that I will be in Greenland for work soon. Have you by any chance been to Greenland? Anything amazing you did in Nuuk or Ilulissat that I should also do?

had fun trying to work through some hard feelings about paddington bear for Slate slate.com/culture/2025...

You Might Think Paddington Bear Is Cute and Cuddly. Some Brits Know Better.

He was a beloved hero with a boopable nose—then it all changed.

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