COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
Robyn: The Narration of Life
for Robyn Wells, by Marta Guerreiro It was being a mother that brought her the ability to adapt and adjust, Robyn told me. She does not remember always having this talent to accept whatever life brings, remembering that being a mother meant learning that not everything will always be perfect, that not everything will always… 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)
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)
Stories, by Megan Slade
One Daniel “You know, I read today that it’s common for children to have imaginary friends,” were the words my mother echoed to my father when I introduced them to my best friend Daniel; the red dragon from the Ready Brek adverts, which, now that I think of it, was peculiar, as to this day… continue reading »
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