Hello, I’m Ray Philp. I write about the most interesting edges of culture and politics for GQ Magazine, The Economist, The Fence, Dispatch, Literary Review, The Wire, Pitchfork, and Resident Advisor.
My reporting has spanned parties in warzones, doomsday preppers, nuclear waste vaults, a sword-carrying Scottish funk singer, town crying talent contests and a taxi-driving alt-right poet.
You can reach me on rtg.philp@gmail.com
Selected writing
The spoils of nuclear waste – The Economist
Partying during wartime – RBMA
Here come the hot preppers – The Fence
Remembering SOPHIE – GQ Magazine
The Poet Lorryete driving Scotland right – The Fence
Can music make you sick? – The Wire
‘Freezing Point’ by Anders Bodelsen – Literary Review
Ghettotech: An oral history – RBMA
‘A Rhythm Protects One’ by Call Super – Pitchfork
Craig Richards and the art of DJing – Resident Advisor