COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
The Wii & I
by Zoe Mitchell – an autobiographical piece On the first day of lockdown, I played four games of Mario Kart back to back. And then I cried for an hour. It’s weird, trying to understand yourself. When you decouple your actions from the context, step back into an objective side seat, you can rationalise all… continue reading »
Read MoreInvisible London (2017-2019)
Ships, by Erica Masserano
It’s my first week in London and the learning curve is steep. I am staying at Susi and Fra’s place near Turnpike Lane, in the draughty front room of a Victorian terrace, where I sleep on a fake leather sofa and an Ikea catalogue. I’m only the last in a long line of friends who… continue reading »
Read MoreStories Against Loneliness (2016)
Songs for Samuel, by Suzanne Wilson
When I was four years old, we listened to Ska and danced in the living room. Our house, in the middle of our street… We wanted a fixer upper. Why don’t you have a job? Because I spend all day doing up the house for your mother. Mind your feet. Don’t be going around without… continue reading »
Read MoreEastLife (2014-2015)
Dragons Destroy Stratford, by Erica Masserano
There is an ash cloud in the sky, says the paper. The man hands it to me in Stratford Station. It informs me in letters taking up the best part of the front page: VOLCANIC ASH FROM ICELAND SHUTS ALL AIRPORTS LEAVING ONE MILLION AFFECTED. Beside it is a picture of the Eyjafjallajökull, or maybe… continue reading »
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