Matthew Ingram

A fanatic record-collector, Matthew Ingram started blogging as WOEBOT in 2003. The cult blog featured in articles in The Guardian, Slate, FACT and The Wire. He ended up writing features and reviews for The Wire and a column for FACT. In this period Matthew co-founded the Dissensus forum with Mark "k-punk" Fisher and released critically-acclaimed music as WOEBOT. An animator by trade, Matthew's interests shifted from music to other topics. In 2020 Repeater Books published his book, "Retreat. How the Counterculture invented Wellness." In 2025, its sequel was "The Garden: Visionary Growers and Farmers of the Counterculture." He now runs the Sick Veg blog where he shares his passion for growing plants.