Books

Drugs and Addiction

An Anarchist Perspective

This is my attempt to blow up the war on drugs and the war on ourselves in one go. It mixes childhood trauma, rave fields, physics labs and pub firesides to show that addiction isn't a disease of bad people but a perfectly sane response to a broken, frightened society. I take apart prohibition, psychiatry and the "once an addict, always an addict" myth, then rebuild recovery around autonomy, ritual, community and meaning. It's part memoir, part science, part anarchist manifesto, and one long two-finger salute to fear-based medicine and moral panic. You're not broken – the system is.

Practical Anarchy

A Guide to Self Determination

This is my big, muddy, firepit-and-footnotes attempt to answer the question: "Why the fuck do we let the world be run this way?" It tears apart the myths of the State, money, religion and party politics, then shows – with history, science, festivals, squats and disasters – that people organise better without rulers. It's part punk rant, part physics nerd, part traveller survival guide, and part love-letter to mutual aid. It's not about smashing stuff. It's about building a kinder, freer world and realising we've been practising anarchy all along.

The New Age Travellers: A History

The New Age Travellers – A History (1960–1990) traces the rise, everyday life and suppression of Britain’s New Age Traveller movement. From squats, free festivals, punk and peace camps to convoy living, it tells how thousands rejected property, hierarchy and wage labour in favour of communal, mobile lives. Drawing on lived experience and social history, the book captures creativity, hardship and mutual aid on the road, alongside growing media hostility, policing and legal repression. It culminates in the Battle of the Beanfield and its aftermath, arguing that this was not a lifestyle fad but a serious cultural and political challenge – one whose spirit survived long after the crackdowns.

One Flew into the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew into the Cuckoo’s Nest is a raw, unsparing memoir of trauma, addiction and recovery told without sentimentality or self-pity. The book traces a life shaped by childhood harm, decades of self-medication and relentless anxiety, before a late-life collapse finally forces everything into the open. Drawing on lived experience rather than theory, it explores CPTSD, love, off-grid living, therapy and rewiring the nervous system without gurus, labels or miracle cures. Dark humour, anger and warmth run throughout as One Flew into the Cuckoo’s Nest follows the hard work of moving from survival mode to clarity, responsibility and the possibility of a genuinely joyful life.

Five Go Bonkers in a Field

The Cuckoo Crew Guide to Misbehaviour

Five Go Bonkers in a Field: The Cuckoo Crew Guide to Misbehaviour is a filthy, funny, semi-fictional account of one legendary festival weekend lived at full volume. Following the Cuckoo Crew – a chaotic tribe of travellers, punks, ravers and lifelong misfits – the book dives into fireside philosophy, all-night music, chemical excess and the strange codes of care that hold it all together. Part love letter, part war story, it captures the raw freedom, mutual aid and barely controlled madness of festival life beyond the posters and wristbands. This is not nostalgia or satire – it is a celebration of chosen family, lived anarchy and going far too hard, together.

The New Age Travellers Way of Life: Part 1

Legal Aspects

The New Age Travellers Way of Life: Part 1 – Legal Aspects is a practical, no-nonsense guide to surviving the legal realities of life on the road. Drawing on decades of lived experience, it explains how travellers are policed, moved on and criminalised, and how to respond without panic or fantasy. Covering stop-and-search, vehicle law, land use, evictions and common legal traps, the book strips away myth in favour of hard-earned knowledge. This is not about beating the system, but understanding it well enough to stay mobile, minimise harm and keep living free for as long as possible.

The New Age Travellers Way of Life: Part 2

Building Homes

The New Age Travellers Way of Life: Part 2 – Building Homes is a practical, experience-driven guide to creating shelter outside conventional housing systems. Drawing on decades of life on the road, it covers vehicle conversions, statics, horseboxes, buses, insulation, heating, power, water and sanitation. This is not glossy van-life fantasy but hard-earned knowledge about staying warm, dry and functional while avoiding costly mistakes. The focus is on durability, improvisation and building homes that support freedom rather than quietly destroying it.

The New Age Travellers Way of Life: Part 3

Sustenance

The New Age Travellers Way of Life: Part 3 – Sustenance is a practical guide to feeding yourself while living outside conventional systems. Built from lived experience, it covers foraging, growing food, skipping, bulk buying, cooking off-grid and keeping costs close to zero without drifting into fantasy. It focuses on what works when money is tight, weather is brutal and you still need to eat well. Alongside tactics and common pitfalls, it treats food as part of freedom – shared labour, shared meals and shared responsibility. This is not lifestyle branding. It’s resilience, autonomy and staying alive without selling your soul.

The Crusty Traveller Cookbook

The Crusty Traveller Cookbook is a no-bollocks, road-tested collection of cheap, filling food for people living rough, travelling, squatting, camping or just skint. It shows how to cook properly with minimal kit – one pan, a fire, a camping stove, a dodgy gas ring – and still feed a crew. Expect hearty staples, improvised sauces, vegan-friendly options, foraged extras and simple tricks that stretch ingredients further than they’ve got any right to go. There’s no foodie posing and no guilt. It’s about calories, warmth, morale and feeding each other well while staying stubbornly free.