Essay Saturday

Including, but not limited to, personal essays, memoir and travel dispatches, the more creative you are with the term “essay” the better. We’re really looking for stories that go deeper, that scratch beneath the surface of a tale, finding its wider meanings to give our readers something to think about.

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Innovation Only Matters If It’s Shared – Reflections from the BSI Innovation Management Summit

At the BSI Innovation Management Summit, Eric Akoto reflects on how the UK’s innovation frameworks can better connect systems and imagination — and why inclusion must be part of any ...

by Eric Akoto • 12th October 202515th January 2026

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Crying in the Lingerie Department of Marks & Spencer

I was crying in the lingerie department. No one noticed. In this intimate memoir, a moment in a department store dressing room reveals the weight of grief, beauty, and the ...

by Litro Magazine • 3rd August 202515th January 2026

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The Sunshine We Share

Kim Ho-Yeon on Memory, Homelessness, and Second Chances. Litro Magazine ...

by Litro Magazine • 15th June 202515th January 2026

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How I Love You

A meditation on love, mortality, and existential fear. Through the lens of a husband’s vivid, imagined losses, How I Love You explores the fragility of life and the bonds that ...

by Daniel Speechly • 11th January 202515th January 2026

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When AI’s Dream in Fragments

A surreal, fragmented meditation on humanity’s intersection with technology, memory, and chaos. ...

by Litro Magazine • 5th January 202515th January 2026

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Chipped Red Nail Polish

In Chipped Red Nail Polish, a striking encounter in a medical lab transforms into a reflection on life, death, and humanity. The chipped red nails of a cadaver serve as ...

by Gail Mackenzie-Smith • 15th December 202415th January 2026

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Shanghaied

Shanghaied, takes readers on a surreal and introspective journey through a layover in Shanghai that unravels into paranoia, mishap, and poignant self-discovery. ...

by monica davis • 15th December 202415th January 2026

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Joined onto the past like a man’s arm to his shoulder

Your cousin asks you to ‘say something’ at the christening of her daughter and it genuinely is an honour to be asked and really-all-confusing because in your mind your cousin ...

by davidturner • 14th September 202415th January 2026

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Monsters and Angels

How can children make sense of change? Recalling hot summers and spam salads, Kim reflects on childhood memories. ...

by Kim • 17th February 202415th January 2026

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Sketches of Short Days

In this poignant, personal essay, Tom sits with his terminally-ill uncle, Baz, and explores life, loss and laughter, right up to the end. ...

by Tom Druker • 3rd February 202415th January 2026

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A champion writer finds his “strong style”: Breaking Kayfabe by Wes Brown

“I had lost faith in novelly novels. In their fake plots, fake events, fake characters.” Jonny Aldridge talks autofiction, masculinity and Wes Brown. ...

by Jonathan Aldridge • 6th January 202415th January 2026

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Born Again

“If mystics are right, how many lives can we have?” Michelle finds the myriad joys and surprises that the prophecies of psychics can brings. ...

by Michelle Cacho-Negrete • 18th November 202315th January 2026

The Man on the Motorcycle

You’d never get to see his face, only squeals of alarm, and the sound of a motorcycle zooming away. A sound like a growl, even a menacing roar, over ...

by Anu Kumar • 14th October 202315th January 2026

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The Pandemic Do-Gooders

In the first weeks of the pandemic, an immune-compromised person seeks help from some yoga people. ...

by Justine Barron • 11th October 202315th January 2026

Going ‘Piano’ in Val di Sole

The cluster of dwellings, a motley collection of ancient ruins and pristine modern cottages, beckoned, as I swerved off the road running parallel to the Noce torrent. ...

by Richard Zahra • 12th July 202315th January 2026

The Elements of Story

The first time that I wrote something, I was in Japan, eating an egg that I’d hard- boiled in a Hello Kitty kettle with Engrish faux-proverbs all over the side. ...

by Lyndsay Wheble • 24th June 202315th January 2026

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Exchange

A man walks into the needle exchange. Sounds like the start of a joke, doesn’t it. ...

by Regina Hathout • 10th June 202315th January 2026

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Meandering Souls Longing for the Infinite

Sculptor Dr Gindi, explores the human soul’s yearning for infinity through her artwork. Her latest sculpture Meandering Souls captures one moment in the soul’s journey: the tender moment between longing ...

by Dr Gindi • 3rd June 202315th January 2026

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Interactions

He reminded me of a teacher I’d had in grad school, who emphasized focusing on an image of a butterfly flying away as I played. ...

by David Capps • 29th May 202315th January 2026

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Walking in the Arboretum

“When I step into the Redwood Grove of the Arboretum, I enter a different world.” Today’s #EssaySaturday is “Walking in the Arboretum” by Jane Beal. ...

by Jane Beal • 13th May 202315th January 2026

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