COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
Lachesism
by Jordan Aramitz – an autobiographical piece Lachesism is the desire to be struck by disaster: to plunge into a burning house, to rise from the wreckage of an earthquake, to drive towards a tornado in the storm-chasing frenzy of a bored life, salivating at the idea of adventure – even an adventure that might… continue reading »
Read MoreInvisible London (2017-2019)
Bethnal Green in the Golden Days, for George Freeman
From the life of George Freeman By Sam Dodd — When I was first born, in 1948, we lived in North London: a two-bed flat in Wenlock Barn, Hoxton. Then the rest of my siblings came along and a bigger flat came up in Bethnal Green. That’s where I consider my childhood home to be,… continue reading »
Read MoreStories Against Loneliness (2016)
Jambo, by Stevie Kilgour
London, November 2016. Allow me to show you the kind of situation that I felt really mattered in my life when I was a young adult. Looking back I now realise how insignificant that and many similar situations were. They were mere inconveniences and in the grand scheme of things – they really didn’t matter…. continue reading »
Read MoreEastLife (2014-2015)
Memories, Losses & Gains, for Eileen Wade
From the life of Eileen Wade By Naomi Duffree — There is a strong resilient spirit running through the East End. Where does it originate from and in this era when the phrase, “They don’t make ’em like that any more” is often heard, do we have a need to worry that this East End… continue reading »
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