The Last Brown Rat of Nagasaki

Asleep in the city’s sewer, the last brown rat of Nagasaki was awoken by a sudden flash of blinding light.

by victoriabriggs • 13th June 201713th June 2017

Tilting on the Bluest Axis

And though you and I will never meet, for the briefest moment, for a single heartbeat, we were both of us here together, tilting on the bluest axis.

by victoriabriggs • 4th September 20165th September 2016

Tuesday Tales

The Nightshift

It was the unwritten rule of the nursing home hierarchy: the lowliest of jobs would be done by the most junior of staff. I couldn’t complain – that was the ...

by victoriabriggs • 31st May 201631st May 2016

Travel&Lifestyle

Brooklyn’s Long Memory

It was a hot day in Brooklyn. A Sunday afternoon, the parks were full. Where better to escape the crowds and the heat than shady Green-Wood cemetery with its vast ...

by victoriabriggs • 14th November 201515th November 2015

Arts & Culture

Break-Up Note To Patti Smith

After seeing Patti Smith perform at the Roundhouse, Victoria Briggs has a few words for her former idol.

by victoriabriggs • 11th November 2015

Story Sunday

Fierce

Honey flounces down onto a bar stool and throws shade at the guy standing opposite: forehead furrowed, nose pinched, her whole aura glowering like it’s made of acid-lemon. Just because ...

by victoriabriggs • 26th July 201526th July 2015