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AUGUST

F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.N.O.S.T.A.L.G.I.A

5th August 2017 KS Silkwood

“You’re. A. C**t.”I just laughed.This was 1994, at The Venue in New Cross.Ed Borrie, the lead singer of S*M*A*S*H, leaned forward during some… song, can’t remember which but it was very noisy, and snarled over the pogoers heads and right into my face. Read more →

MARCH

Misfits

25th March 2017 smita bhattacharya

I left him. If you ask me why, I couldn’t tell you. It was not one thing, it was many. Perhaps in the end it was the question of what I loved about him, and I couldn’t say anymore. We’d been together long enough for me to have forgotten. So, I told him one day, after we’d fought more bitterly than usual, that I couldn’t do it anymore.

MARCH

Halloween at St. Patrick’s

11th March 2017 Dan Morey

It was All Hallows’ Eve in Dublin. Fireworks, set off at random intervals by drunkards and juvenile delinquents, were exploding all over town, causing general mayhem and a number of small fires. Read more →

FEBRUARY

Annals of Burp #964

4th February 2017 AOK

unless you believe that belief in evolution is an innate phenotype arising from a single or cluster of genes that can be selected for—if this were the case, then in order for this belief to become mainstream, the straight women of Earth would have to decide, either gradually over aeons or more cinematically, en masse, to exclusively fuck academics Read more →

DECEMBER

#EssaySaturday: ArtisticAnxiety: Why I Block Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Twitter Feed

17th December 2016 Beth Costello

“Mixtape! Mixtape!” she says. She is sweating and wide-eyed. “What?” “Hamilton Mixtape!” The track list has been released and she has come to me..... Read more →

OCTOBER

The Dog

15th October 2016 David Frankel

When I’ve walked away from all the images of massacres and witches, bandits and clashing armies and lunatics, and when the pictures of kings and gods have faded away, the image that always stays with me is of this little dog with his invisible tormentor. Read more →

AUGUST

The Bittersweet Taste of Ha Long Bay

13th August 2016 Toni Marie Ford

If the great barometer of public opinion Trip Advisor is to be believed then Ha Long Bay is an enigma, both a glorious wonder of the world and a dangerous cesspool. Read more →

AUGUST

Mything Cuba

6th August 2016 Ruth

But in Cuba, Che will never age, not as long as the myth is perpetuated. Read more →

APRIL

Back to Basic

30th April 2016 Maria Teresa Agurcia

You are more than your shoes. So is she. Which means you’re similar, which means you’re basic. Read more →

APRIL

At My Local Library

23rd April 2016 samuel nello

Samuel Nello on the secrets of these most special of places. Read more →

FEBRUARY

Living Under Friendly Fire

27th February 2016 Vickie McGee

For me, the first warning signs surfaced in late 2012. A few months before, I had begun dating a self-confessed gym rat. Being a little softer around the edges than him hadn’t bothered me at first. But I started to worry that he would one day stop seeing my curves as ‘cute’ and decided to join a gym. Read more →

JANUARY

My Bed and I

30th January 2016 Kurt Hollander

Although I had never considered it as anything other than a place to sleep or have sex, when I separated from my wife I not only entered into an intimate relationship with my bed, it became the center of my existence. Read more →

JANUARY

Absolute Beginners

16th January 2016 Peter Papathanasiou

Bowie’s death brought with it an outpouring of grief across the world with millions of fans mourning the loss of their rock idol. I wasn’t a huge fan. Arguably his best work in the 1970s was a tad before my time. But as the opening bow-bow-bow-oohs emerge from my car speaker, a memory blossoms in my mind from the little space that the Starman will forever occupy. Read more →

JANUARY

Pigmentation Problems

9th January 2016 Israel Okwuje

I could argue about having the lightest skin in my family, though I think my mother would disagree. It’s not clear from the sepia-toned photograph that she’s as light-skinned as I am, but I can certainly say that she now isn’t as light-skinned as she once was―what with age and daily exposure to the blazing sun in Lagos. Read more →

DECEMBER

City of Language

5th December 2015 Kola King

Ali knows the effects of words on people and situations and he uses them with care and style. Words are tools of poets, writers, priests and statesmen. These artisans of words use them with care, skill and dexterity. Words are carefully crafted with elegance and deftness. Read more →

NOVEMBER

Medical Advice from Dr. Google

28th November 2015 Lisa Johnson Mitchell

I have had this unexplained tingling in my left fingers every night for some time. So in hopes of finding quick answers, I consulted Dr. Google. Read more →

NOVEMBER

Practical Meditation: Musings of a Non-Religious Academic Seeking Enlightenment

14th November 2015 Melissa Tombro

Three years ago, I took up meditation. It was for all the reasons westerners do; I wanted to look deeper into my “self,” to find better ways to deal with stress from my family and my new job, and ultimately to become a better, happier person. Read more →

OCTOBER

Essay Saturday: In Bruges

10th October 2015 Sno Flo

I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t thought of how nice it would be, if I was here in this most romantic of cities with a love interest instead of my dear friend. Surely deep down Rhi and I knew we’d swiftly ditch the other into the nearest canal should Mr Farrell come barrelling round the corner all guns blazing to sweep us off our feet. And it would be no hard feelings… Read more →

AUGUST

Arranged Love

29th August 2015 Vikram Kapur

Love is possible despite imperfections. That is what comes through loud and clear when I think of them now. They were two strangers thrown together in an arranged marriage. Read more →