COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
The Wii & I
by Zoe Mitchell – an autobiographical piece On the first day of lockdown, I played four games of Mario Kart back to back. And then I cried for an hour. It’s weird, trying to understand yourself. When you decouple your actions from the context, step back into an objective side seat, you can rationalise all… continue reading »
Read MoreInvisible London (2017-2019)
Shadows, by Tanya Abbott
My family moved house when I was seven years old and so did the devil. He blended into the darkest corners during the day and into the darkness at night. We moved into the four-bedroom terraced house late one evening. Exhausted from the drive and from unloading the hired van, we slept on a mattress… continue reading »
Read MoreStories Against Loneliness (2016)
Trans: Former, by Samuel Hardy
A Dreaded Time October, 2015. Trepidation gripped me once more. Worse than the making of the appointment; telling them your name and asking for a time and day is child’s play. I can do this. I can’t do this. I got there. I stood outside the daunting black gates that shielded the surgery from… 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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