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)
N to E, by Daniela Bragato
“I can’t find peace here. This city is as tight as my skinny jeans.” Still, for someone who didn’t even want to come live here, nearly eight years is a long time. This thought catches me nearly every day, when I see the first ray of light coming through the blinds in the morning, when… continue reading »
Read MoreStories Against Loneliness (2016)
Butterfly Effect, by Nicola Peard
The one thing about change is that you rarely see it coming. — Most of the time, it’s already here. First Beat – Sixteen Years Old When I found the first patch – just behind my right ear, concealed by the hair that would be there for a while yet – I… continue reading »
Read MoreEastLife (2014-2015)
The Dorni, for Nessa
From the life of Nessa By Nacima Khan — Her eyes flickered over my bump and she asked me how many months I was. Eight. She nodded. My first? Yes. ‘She’ was Nessa, a sixty-year-old Bangladeshi woman who I had met sitting behind me one day at the local mosque. She, like many of her… continue reading »
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