COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
The Campus
by Nic Peard – an autobiographical piece The Department looks out over an artificial lake and acres of marshland. The marshland remains untouched for the most part. On some foggy, cold mornings, it seems like the marshland is only permitting the campus to come so far – or slowly stealing back. The lines blur. Nature… continue reading »
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Nostalgia, for Joy Berry
From the life of Joy Berry By Sandra Wilson — Barking had been the area that Maisie had dreamt about living in for years. Posh, idyllic, with tree lined houses. She had married Peter and those dreams had come true. She had often spent her time thinking about it as she sat on the blue… continue reading »
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Hope, for John Roden
From the life of John Roden By Samuel Hardy — Hope: a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen. : John’s granddaughter’s name. *** The East End. The sixties. A small boy can walk around his street in Shoreditch and be assured that his neighbors will watch out for him, that… continue reading »
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The Best Thing Since Fried Bread, for Ellen Shrimpton
From the life of Ellen Shrimpton By Sam Dodd — I met with Ellen with the intention of talking to her about her grandmother, Vesta Fay. I’d heard tales about the old-time East End wartime music hall performer, a woman who dressed as a man and smoked on stage, entertained the locals and gave the… continue reading »
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