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How to Make Your Kids Hate Fishing
The definitive playbook to turn eager kids into sworn enemies of rods, reels, and rivers
Jul 24 • 
Kevin Maguire
 and 
Nick Parish
12
3
Dads Getting Emotional to Aphex Twin
On ambient music, anonymity, and the courage to open up
Jul 17 • 
Kevin Maguire
40
15

June 2025

Delayed Hard: With a Vengeance
Life moves slowly. Especially during a four-hour delay with two kids.
Jun 26 • 
Kevin Maguire
20
Hotter Than June
[With apologies to Stevie Wonder]
Jun 12 • 
Kevin Maguire
21

May 2025

Mario, Me, and The Future of Work
GO TO YOUR ROOM, AND DON'T COME DOWN 'TIL YOU'VE CAUGHT ALL 150 POKEMON
May 29 • 
Kevin Maguire
22
Change for the Better?
On the battle to break inherited chains
May 23 • 
Kevin Maguire
 and 
Jeffrey Paul Coleman
10
5
Little Love Replicating Machines
My son's first love affair, with a local seventeen year-old-boy
May 15 • 
Kevin Maguire
14
3
El Apagón | The Blackout
Where were you when the lights went out?
May 1 • 
Kevin Maguire
14
6

April 2025

Fear and Loathing on the School Run
Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bike
Apr 24 • 
Kevin Maguire
22
3
Post-Apocalyptic Parenting
Joel, Ellie, and what Dad does during the end times.
Apr 10 • 
Kevin Maguire
14
1

March 2025

Adolescence, and the Need for Dads to Do Better
We need to talk about Jamie. And Eddie. And Luke.
Mar 27 • 
Kevin Maguire
46
5
One Felt Pen to Rule Them All
“What strange creatures brothers are!” ― Jane Austen
Mar 20 • 
Kevin Maguire
21
5
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