Is Gen X up to the task?
Why the generation raised at the End of History is struggling as politics roars back. Substack @generationtalk
Boomers Didn’t Steal Your Future – This Did
A long discussion of my book Stop Mugging Grandma on El Podcast, in December 2025.
The battle for the voice of Faversham
On Saturday 6 September, a group called ‘National Emergency Faversham Division’ organised a ‘peaceful’ and ‘lawful’ protest against immigration in the sleepy market town of Faversham, where I have lived for nearly 20 years. The protest assembled in the town centre and marched to Acacia Court, a former care home at the edge of town […]
On ‘Boomer parenting’
I am quoted in an interesting article by Genevieve Roberts for the i newspaper on 24 April, titled ‘I parented like a Boomer for a week – the kids ate better and played more’:
Making up for lost time
A new study, conducted with colleagues at Canterbury Christ Church University and published in the British Educational Research Journal, explores students’ quest to reclaim missed opportunities while adjusting to post-Covid life in higher education.
Lockdowns and the problem of trust
I am quoted in an interesting piece for the Guardian on 17 March 2025 discussing ‘How Covid changed the way Britain thinks‘:
The toxic legacy of Boomer-blaming
If you had a baby in the new year, congratulations—you’ve given birth to a new generation. According to the Australian research consultancy McCrindle, as of January 2025, babies will no longer be “Gen Alpha” but, somewhat underwhelmingly, “Gen Beta.” Apparently, they’ll be a lot like the “Alphas,” born between 2010 and 2024, but shaped even […]
No, Gen Z is not ‘yearning for fascism’
More than half of British youngsters allegedly ‘believe Britain should be ruled by a dictator’, according to new research from Channel 4. Apparently, Gen Z is ‘yearning for fascism’, led down this path by difficult economic conditions and ‘right-wing grifters’ like Andrew Tate, Nigel Farage and Donald Trump. There is ‘clear evidence of disengagement from democracy’, Channel […]
Generational conflict: are Boomers and Zoomers at war?
My talk for the European Union of Women on 28 January 2025.
The biggest misconceptions about Gen Z, Boomers, & Millennials
I enjoyed taking part in this episode of The Next Generation podcast, with 19-year-old host Elliot Bewick. We discussed everything from generation labels and Boomer-blaming to the Covid lockdowns, depoliticisation, populism, parenting culture and education.