COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
Things That Miles Cannot Touch
for Miles Davis, by Erica Masserano The part of himself that looked at the world like a child, because when you are a child, you do not see the world as you do now When you’re little you’re just like a sponge The fence that separates Harry Roberts nursery from Ben Jonson primary school, the… 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)
A Miner for a Heart of Gold, by Jack Pascoe
Meat City I didn’t think I’d ever been stared at more in my life. As I boarded the flight from Dubai to Beijing, the whole plane, consisting mainly of Chinese people, turned to me like I was a tourist attraction. I don’t mind it when somebody looks at me, but rows upon rows of eyes… continue reading »
Read MoreEastLife (2014-2015)
The Spanish Dove, for Irenee Lowe
From the life of George Lowe, as told by Irenee Lowe By Craig Britton — Born in East London in 1914, George Lowe was a shipwright almost all his life. He lived in Plaistow with his wife and son, also named George, and worked primarily for ship-building giant Harland and Wolff, most famous for building… continue reading »
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