COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
Do Your Best and Leave the Rest
for Claire Chatelet, by Nic Peard When Claire and I have our first call, she is in a hotel in Folkestone, two hundred and seventy-two miles away from me in York. I can hear the gulls keening nearby as she tells me she’s just getting settled after walking like mad to keep our appointment. I… continue reading »
Read MoreInvisible London (2017-2019)
The Garden, by Nacima Khan
I sat upon the green softness My tired legs welcomed the relief of rest You were nestled inside Sleeping and still Here we took a moment Here in the garden We connected And here, I hope we will meet again. Three weeks earlier. November 2018, London Three years after becoming a mother to my… 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 »
Read MoreEastLife (2014-2015)
Memories, Losses & Gains, for Eileen Wade
From the life of Eileen Wade By Naomi Duffree — There is a strong resilient spirit running through the East End. Where does it originate from and in this era when the phrase, “They don’t make ’em like that any more” is often heard, do we have a need to worry that this East End… continue reading »
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