COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
Lachesism
by Jordan Aramitz – an autobiographical piece Lachesism is the desire to be struck by disaster: to plunge into a burning house, to rise from the wreckage of an earthquake, to drive towards a tornado in the storm-chasing frenzy of a bored life, salivating at the idea of adventure – even an adventure that might… continue reading »
Read MoreInvisible London (2017-2019)
What Goes Around, Comes Around, for Ernest Forde
From the life of Ernest Forde By Claire Dougher — I am from the West Indies, Barbados, St. Phillips on the West Coast. I lived there with my granny from when I was about three months old and then moved here when I was nine. Back in the day, your parents came over here first… continue reading »
Read MoreStories Against Loneliness (2016)
The Best of Both Worlds, for Gowhar Shaikh
From the life of Gowhar Shaikh By Jack Pascoe — Sam and I reached Richard House Hospice at around ten o’clock in the morning. I hadn’t slept particularly well due to noisy neighbours. Also the noise of the planes taking off from London city airport that morning didn’t help matters. We signed our names on the… continue reading »
Read MoreEastLife (2014-2015)
The Arc of Joan, for Joan Barham
From the life of Joan Barham By Suzie Champion — It has been said that when our environment changes, when the familiar buildings and the outline disappear, and people move or are moved away, our memories, those unique histories, gradually diminish along with those reminders and nowhere is that eradication truer than in the East… continue reading »
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