Kate Spicer says Sort Yourself Out

Don't let words get in the way of a good wine

I used to be a rubbish wine critic because I didn't know all the special wine words. People didn't like it. I've learned now, just shut up and drink

Jun 15 • Kate Spicer

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David Sullivan and my part in his downfall (taking too long)

I've previous with the pint-sized superrich perve who made his grubby billions on sex phone lines, porn and newspapers famed for publishing bollocks for…

Jun 9 • Kate Spicer

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NEGATIVE CAPABILITY

We don't know everything, neither do we need to.

Jun 4 • Kate Spicer

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May 2026

Absurdity and Existence

It's just after dawn and a nurse is sticking a needle in your arm, again. What do you do? Why, write a poem about it of course. A Substack about the…

May 26 • Kate Spicer

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Why there are random shoes on the road

The Seven Ages of Man, Mahler and why it takes me half an hour to chop an onion.

May 17 • Kate Spicer

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Running Away from Feelings is Like Taking Morphine for a Broken Nail

Context: How did I end up a person who was so avoidant of feelings? Applying disproportionately gigantic plasters over every little shit paper cut of a…

May 13 • Kate Spicer

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HURRAH FOR BIG PHARMA. GFY HOMEOPATHY.

Were I to encounter a treat it with keto diet/herbs/coffee enema/Nigel Farage/racism/fasting person right now I might become physically violent. Go away…

May 10 • Kate Spicer

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No sex please, we haven't got a nice enough dressing gown - yet

The dim corner of my brain concerned with finding a dressing gown that looks nice has sometimes been the only thing keeping alive an idea of me as a…

May 2 • Kate Spicer

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April 2026

I need a Sauna, and a disco. Not a Boyfriend

Structure? Who needs it. Blind date. Neighbour from hell. Two podencos. A low-energy fret about men, sex, intimacy, saunas and the ghosts of 35 years of…

Apr 20 • Kate Spicer

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No, honestly, I'm fine. I’M FINE

Until that is.

Apr 16 • Kate Spicer

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March 2026

SPECIAL BREW, VINTAGE CHAMPAGNE AND FAGGING IT WITH MY ART HEROINES

Drinking, smoking, art, men, babies, champagne, Special Brew, coffins, Charlie Bigham pies and the Saxmundun Waitrose, Sarah Lucas, Maggi Hambling

Mar 2 • Kate Spicer

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December 2025

The chicken nuggetification of information. Is empty brain food rotting our minds? Is negative capability our SOS

Can you learn anything meaningful from Tik Tok or is it infocrack. Fast food, fast information it’s all garbage that stunts development. Feel free to…

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