COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
Home is Where Safety Meets Empathy
by Marta Guerreiro – an autobiographical piece With loose hands and bare feet, my home is my altar. I have always been like this, I want candles and incense, I want blankets and time to clean the house, if I am being honest, a lot more often than necessary. I like the world outside, but… continue reading »
Read MoreInvisible London (2017-2019)
Shedding, by Naida Redgrave
Walking I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands. – Linda Hogan There was a line somewhere. It was faint, like cutting through a patch of mist, and crossing its threshold effected… continue reading »
Read MoreStories Against Loneliness (2016)
Butterfly Effect, by Nicola Peard
The one thing about change is that you rarely see it coming. — Most of the time, it’s already here. First Beat – Sixteen Years Old When I found the first patch – just behind my right ear, concealed by the hair that would be there for a while yet – I… continue reading »
Read MoreEastLife (2014-2015)
The Lonely Phoenix, for Crispin Janolo
From the life of Crispin Janolo By Naomi Duffree — I had the honour of meeting Crispin, a Filipino East London resident who is recovering from a stroke that has brought on aphasia – a communication disorder that limits a person’s ability to express themselves when speaking, understand speech, and causes difficulty with both reading… continue reading »
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