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Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday
A Litany
You see yourself as one of the lucky ones.
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Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday
Lucky
Photo by Mattias Ripp
I was lucky. They only took my handbag. Sure, they had to floor me first, because I dared to clutch my possessions.
“Was it at night?” is the ...
Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday
Oyster
Death becomes her in this lyrical exploration of Robert Wiles’ famous photograph.
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HOW I KILLED MY SISTER : CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF GOD
Exploring grief and its devestating ripple effect.
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On becoming a border
On the estate where I grew up there was a woman who delivered the free newspaper. She had stubble all over her chin and on the rolls of neck beneath. ...
Shalimar
A daughter reflects on her father who died of lung cancer and the recollection of his expulsion from a monastery in Asia, his love of birds and their conversations. ...
Hanky
As we head into hanky season, this piece feels timely. Of course, we are always heading into, or residing inside of, hanky season, so it’s always timely. ...
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essay Saturday
Mondegreen
An essay about the idea of love.
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Introducing the anal leader: Covid Warrior, Bolsonaro
The English-speaking world is unfamiliar with this creature in the right-wing zoo but today he has presided over far too much death and destruction to be ignored… ...
Museums, Museums, Museums
An essay exploring the museum in three parts. First, an account of a childhood experience of a museum, second, through a report about John Nevin, an employee of the V&A ...
Say Something Japanesey
I was reminded of my own difference at the start of every school day, which began with An rolla.
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Dog in a Frame
Headlights are returning to the streets, drifting across the hall from the living-room door….
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Arts & Culture, Essay Saturday
Hackney Kisses
“Hackney Kisses” is a series of graffitied wedding photographs.
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A Strange Companion
A commentary on the strange pets we keep!
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Writing in an Atmosphere of Glass
In March 2020, the world drew to a halt. An unprecedented stasis. Many grasped for metaphors.
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Bareback Biking
Our journey would be recorded. We could see the headlines already: “Transport for London freezes bicycle hiring after 200 moon-worshippers break lockdown rules in one night.” We ...
Shaming the Diabolos
To wash away the blood of bulls and heretics, a trio of Hispano-Bretones draw six tons of bronze from the Casa de Campo.
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How Do I Dispose of a Microwave?
Facing eviction from his tiny mouse-ridden damp house, a young man watches his girlfriend struggle to keep up with her fellow students via remote learning, while pondering how to dispose ...
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essay Saturday
The Enemy Within
An introspective look at the world in light of our new reality.
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Coal, Socials and Us
This was the time when we were still shy and new to budding bodies, excited at the prospect of being with the other sex, but not wanting to show it ...