COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
My Covid Year
by Denise Monroe – an autobiographical piece My husband came home from Italy in February 2020. He had been staying with his sister and her husband, a retired Italian doctor who had worked in Sierra Leone during the Ebola outbreak of 2014. He knew a thing or two about epidemics and what they could become. … continue reading »
Read MoreInvisible London (2017-2019)
Sarah Says, for Sarah Bancroft
From the life of Sarah Bancroft By Erica Masserano — Sarah says she’s late because she saw a seal in the Thames. “It was like an arrow in the water”, she mimes, swimming around the room in broad strokes; it’s Kate Bush interpretive dance meets your local fisherman measuring a fictional catch with his arm…. continue reading »
Read MoreStories Against Loneliness (2016)
Smile, for Pam Moore
From the life of Pam Moore By Suzanne Wilson — A pretty young girl of eighteen stepped out of the front door of her family home in Bedford, clutching a small suitcase, and jumped into a taxi. Pam was escaping, ready to answer her calling to become a nurse. The taxi was only taking her… continue reading »
Read MoreEastLife (2014-2015)
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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