Big Tech is watching you: social media has created a digital dystopia. At least, that’s the succinct version of Netflix’s latest documentary, The Social Dilemma. Go watch it now.

Paying off a mortgage, holding together a community, earning a living: the main objectives of Animal Crossing sound pretty… mundane when you think about it. So, what’s the appeal? Why are we still so obsessed with the cottagecore vibes and everyday financial tasks of Animal Crossing?

Does this impulse to constantly share our travels and lives online make us a generation of vain narcissists, more interested in our phones than reality? Or is this just the 21st century, digital version of a human behaviour that’s actually pretty old?

Over the past few decades, digital technologies have given birth to a whole new range of creative forms: social media posts, YouTube videos, podcasts and, of course, the humble blog. How has this changed journalism?

This is Quirk-E, a blog dedicated to literature, pop-culture, visual arts, digital media and anything in-between.

Analysing the relationship between Twitter, the #MeToo Movement and autobiographical narratives.

Fantastical adventure that’s also a sort of love-letter to storytelling, complete with shady secret society, magical doorways, and lovable animal sidekick.