COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
My Covid Year
by Denise Monroe – an autobiographical piece My husband came home from Italy in February 2020. He had been staying with his sister and her husband, a retired Italian doctor who had worked in Sierra Leone during the Ebola outbreak of 2014. He knew a thing or two about epidemics and what they could become. … continue reading »
Read MoreInvisible London (2017-2019)
No Trouble, for Pearline Donaldson
From the life of Pearline Donaldson By Marta Guerreiro — Not all stories have a thread. Often, our life becomes easier to tell if we remember just some moments, pieces: a puzzle of loves and battles, which we preserve within us, in places that can be poetic – a treasure chest made of faith –… continue reading »
Read MoreStories Against Loneliness (2016)
Trans: Former, by Samuel Hardy
A Dreaded Time October, 2015. Trepidation gripped me once more. Worse than the making of the appointment; telling them your name and asking for a time and day is child’s play. I can do this. I can’t do this. I got there. I stood outside the daunting black gates that shielded the surgery from… 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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