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Volunteer writer for the Pavement in London

(Eff off) Back to the Future
Chris Sampson April 01 2024

Everybody’s favourite nepo-time-traveller, McHaggis, goes on a medieval Odd-yssey. By Chris Sampson

Hanging around Time-Travel HQ’s canteen, awaiting another assignment, McHaggis tucked into eggs Benedict, turnip Jeremy and saus...

Nanotech adventures
Chris Sampson February 01 2024

Can some new technology help our reporter solve the seemingly impossible puzzle of time? A riveting blend of ‘Anarcho-nonsense’ and dedicated field reportage, by Chris Sampson

The paper that you’re reading this magazine on is of course made of atoms, arranged in a particular molecular structure. It is a...

Hot Arse FC
Chris Sampson December 01 2023

A time-warping adventure to the past and the future, where Premier League footballers fight for a different kind of survival. From the Pavement’s satirist-in-chief, Chris Sampson

Waiting for another Temporal Assignment adventure, McHaggis meets Snodgrass, a Time Criminal: chucked out of the 1960s for not d...

Codename: McHaggis
Chris Sampson October 01 2023

Operative MQS-X (Malcolm Scots-Little) is the lovechild of Mary Queen of Scots and Malcolm X. He travels through time not so much righting wrongs but making helpful suggestions, under the codename McHaggis. A story by Chris Sampson

Case 1: Stephen C Foster, 1854“I reek of faeces with the shite brown hair,” quoth the poet Stephen C Foster. “Hmm,” McHaggis int...

Lost in music
Chris Sampson August 01 2023

A deep dive into the music soundtracking our writer’s day-to-day. What does it mean and how does it relate to mental health?
By Chris Sampson

In the run-out grooves of the Annihilation of Authority 7” single, there is a message scrawled onto the vinyl by someone at the ...

The time travel baby
Chris Sampson June 01 2023

A mind-bending take on the great Artificial Intelligence (AI) boom, and what it could mean for writers and their works. Words by Chris Sampson (or are they?)

The Big Issue recently let an Artificial Intelligence have a go at describing what the magazine’s purpose is. Not to be outdone,...

GHOSTS ON STRIKE
Chris Sampson April 01 2023

A frightful tale of political intrigue and ghostly goings-on in the upper echelons of British society, as our reporter investigates the Ghost Creation Scheme. Words by Detective (not really) Chris Sampson.

Sipping on supermarket own-brand Worcester sauce, to wash down an unidentified foodstuff found in a fridge unopened since before...

Carry on farce
Chris Sampson February 01 2023

The NHS faces cuts as demand grows. There is some hope, but, alas, found almost exclusively in the mind of the Pavement’s resident daft sod, Chris Sampson

The National Health Service faces more real-term cuts, due to a combination of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, years of Tory misrul...

A lovely winter's tale
Chris Sampson December 01 2022

In this otherworldly story, a hideous rhubarb-faced creature speaks (to an alien). By Chris Sampson

Journalistic integrity is supposed to get both sides of the story. But when people claim to have been abducted by aliens, no one...

The supporting role
Chris Sampson August 01 2022

As some guy said a while back, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players”. But it can be difficult figuring out your role. Let the Pavement’s satirist-in-chief guide you in your quest for understanding.
By Chris Sampson

It sometimes feels like I played a supporting role in a long-running comedy drama called Somebody Else’s Life. A minor charac...

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