Benjamin McEvoy

Essays on writing, reading, and life

My Favourite Supplements: Graded, Ranked & Reviewed (Video)

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I’m a complete supplement junky. Most supplements are bunk. But after years of trial and error, I’ve found a stable rotation that have completely enhanced my life. Effective supplementation helped me: Through finals and dissertation writing at Oxford University Learn Japanese to conversational fluency in Tokyo Teach myself the basics of computer coding, graphic and […]

Books I’m Reading This Month (July 2020 Video)

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Reading some superb books this month. So I thought I’d put together a little show-and-tell. I particularly want to show you the pictures inside the first two books. So check out the video below, then let me know what you’re reading this month. Books I’m Reading This Month July 2020 Books mentioned: William Blake The […]

Wim Hof Method Q&A Video

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I’ve practiced the Wim Hof Method for half a decade. I was one of the early adopters and one of the first people to spread the word about how life-changing the Wim Hof Method is.  So, many years on, I’ve decided to answer a few common questions about the Wim Hof Method. Let’s consider this […]

Aristotle’s Ethics: Magnificence and Pride (Podcast)

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We’re expanding upon the first and second Aristotle podcasts. We’re talking about the virtues of magnificence and pride. Check out the timestamps below for quickly navigating to any topic that interests you the most. And, if you have a second, I’d be grateful if you left a review on iTunes, which lets me know to […]

Write One True Sentence

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Here’s Hemingway’s advice to writers: All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know. All you have to do? Hah! It’s no trifle, I tell you that. Sometimes it takes hours before you can write one true sentence (also why Hemingway rewrote the last page of A […]

Don’t Talk About Writing

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Any time I have talked about the writing instead of writing it, the thing has died. Art is fragile. Especially in the early days of conception. Writing is like drawing. When an artist first makes a sketch, she begins with shapes. Ovals, squares, rectangles, triangles. These will all take shape into faces, torsos, limbs, and hands. […]

How To Create Your Own Targeted Writing Programme

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You’re only a writer if you write every day. But what do you write? And how? Those are the million-dollar questions. If you truly want to be a writer, you’ll write no matter what. It’s not too late. But you also want to build your writing portfolio, amass your literary legacy, sharpen your wordsmith and […]

Five Truths: Stanislavski, Brecht, Brook, Artaud & Grotowski

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During my debut stage appearance in Romeo and Juliet at the tender age of 14, I adopted the stage name Antonin Brechtanislavski. A ridiculous, self-conscious, and pretentious AF nod towards my theatrical heroes. So it was with some glee many years later when I came across the National Theatre’s Five Truths production. The same scene, Ophelia, […]

How To Construct Your Own Personal Targeted Reading Plan

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I’m going to teach you how to construct your own personal targeted reading plan. I’ll also give you a peak at my own reading plan creation and show you how to read more books, keep your reading habit consistent, and get even more out of your reading.  You will need: A journal – I favour […]

#1 Poetry Reading Round-Up: Hopkins, Sappho, Catullus, Browning, Donne

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I’ve been recording a lot of poetry readings. It’s my new favourite pastime. Reading poems aloud energises them (and me), makes meaning clear, and gives me the same feeling as a decent glass of red wine.  I’ll be playing around with long poetry readings with 10-20 poems from disparate poets perhaps grouped by theme, with […]