COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
Come You Back, You Norfolk Soldier
by Sophie Brown – an autobiographical piece It started as a rumour on the walkway, which turned into an email and finally a student’s nightmare. All face-to-face teaching just suspended, like a misplaced apostrophe, hanging in mid-air. Life cut off mid-sentence. No chance to cross the t’s and dot the i’s; a full stop so… 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)
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)
22 Thoughts, by Craig Britton
1. “Seventh floor.” How did I get here? You can see the Thames, the London Eye, The Houses of Parliament. I’m sitting in meetings. They’re talking about million dollar deals. I’m getting paid to read Tolstoy; I’m getting paid to judge submitted work. I don’t deserve this, not at all, I’m not like these Oxbridge… continue reading »
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