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    A Room of My Own
    • Apr 30
    • 6 min

    A Room of My Own

    MIA WU - Self-discovery in a Shanghai Covid-19 state quarantine facility.
    Letters to Daisy
    • Jan 17
    • 6 min

    Letters to Daisy

    GEMMA BINGHAM - A love letter to letter writing in the 21st century.
    Stripping Down
    • Jul 9, 2021
    • 5 min

    Stripping Down

    SERENA ALAGAPPAN — A meditation on sarcasm, sincerity, and lazy alliteration.
    Art on Screen
    • Jun 18, 2021
    • 7 min

    Art on Screen

    ISABELLA LILL – A review of Julian Opie's online art exhibition.
    Eyes Down: Walking as Thinking
    • May 14, 2021
    • 8 min

    Eyes Down: Walking as Thinking

    CHARLIE LEE-POTTER – 'Each thudding footstep feels hypnotic and I keep my eyes on the ground as I try to think my ideas into existence.'
    Watching America from Islamabad
    • Apr 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Watching America from Islamabad

    NINA ELLIS - On Inauguration Day, my boyfriend and I set up a projector in our living room and invited our COVID bubble to join us ...
    Heritage in Blue
    • Jan 18, 2021
    • 9 min

    Heritage in Blue

    KIANA REZAKHANLOU – Musings on the heritage plaques of her neighbourhood.
    A Harmony of Divisions
    • Oct 28, 2020
    • 6 min

    A Harmony of Divisions

    O T Jones - an exploration of the iconographic duality which masks the divisions of modern Ukraine.
    A Look Back at the Months to Come
    • Mar 31, 2020
    • 7 min

    A Look Back at the Months to Come

    JOHN PHIPPS - February 21. A very wet morning. Snowdrops quite out, but cold and winterly
    The Lost Letters
    • Jan 13, 2020
    • 11 min

    The Lost Letters

    LEWIS ROBERTS - A travelogue uncovering the mystery of Simeon Solomon, a lesser known member of the Pre-Raphaelite circle.
    Auf Deutsch
    • Jul 17, 2019
    • 4 min

    Auf Deutsch

    MADELEINE BALLARD -It was the Ur-language for 90 million speakers, literally the code for another way of life.
    A Long Tragedy
    • Mar 14, 2019
    • 7 min

    A Long Tragedy

    SHANNON OSAKA -A report from the twenty-fourth United Nations Climate Conference.
    Fitz-Roving
    • Nov 15, 2018
    • 9 min

    Fitz-Roving

    ARJUNA KESHVANI-HAM finds out if a Charing-Cross bookshop is still the hub of London bohemian life
    The Lives of Strangers
    • Mar 7, 2018
    • 6 min

    The Lives of Strangers

    JESS BROWN - A grandfather's literary legacy.
    The 29 Steps
    • Jun 16, 2017
    • 8 min

    The 29 Steps

    JESS BROWN - A mother's poetic touch.
    If Paths Could Speak
    • Jun 9, 2017
    • 5 min

    If Paths Could Speak

    JEM BOSSATA - Tales from Lake Como
    A Faceless Icon
    • Jun 8, 2017
    • 4 min

    A Faceless Icon

    SUSIE FINLAY - Me and Miss Winehouse.
    Faith Under Fire
    • Jun 8, 2017
    • 5 min

    Faith Under Fire

    LAELA ZAIDI - Trump's clash crusade.
    The Galápagos
    • Jun 8, 2017
    • 7 min

    The Galápagos

    TOBY CLYDE - The Galapagos and a landscape of indifference.
    Maybe This Time
    • May 1, 2017
    • 8 min

    Maybe This Time

    They say that you get the face that you deserve: Freddie Tapner has a beam carved onto his features. We are standing in a spacious church...
    In the Garden of the Mind
    • Apr 28, 2017
    • 6 min

    In the Garden of the Mind

    My memories are full of gardens. Not all of them are especially worthy; most are the dog-roses and pampas-grasses of urban parks. Other,...
    My Body Was Not My Own
    • Apr 28, 2017
    • 9 min

    My Body Was Not My Own

    ‘From my childhood I have no happy memories’. Edouard Louis opens The End of Eddy with a statement that is as political as it is...
    The Vatican vs. the Gentlemen of Stonyhurst
    • Apr 28, 2017
    • 7 min

    The Vatican vs. the Gentlemen of Stonyhurst

    Ribble Valley: oak trees, pies, cricket, Catholicism. The pitch at Stonyhurst is beyond the baroque walled garden with its clipped yews,...
    The Lives of Strangers
    • Apr 20, 2017
    • 6 min

    The Lives of Strangers

    I have read and learned a great deal more in my working life about the lives of strangers than I have ever learned about the lives of the...
    Kicked out of Cliveden
    • Mar 1, 2017
    • 6 min

    Kicked out of Cliveden

    We were a motley duo as we wandered into the glowing grounds of Cliveden House in our denim jackets and dirty rucksacks, clutching...
    In Spires
    • Feb 1, 2017
    • 7 min

    In Spires

    The spire stood alone outside the window, an isolated grey tower, traffic curling around it on either side. Next to it, the stolid,...
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