Many people regard Swindon as a desert – culturally, concretely, completely. They see it as the kind of place where nothing of note has ever or will ever happen. Growing up in Swindon, I know that this is simply not true...
Category - Observations
I’ve rounded up some of my favourite artists, zine makers and independent publishers. I’ve included some pictures of these self-published and small press zines and comics as well as links on where to buy them or find...
Warning: contains spoilers. At what juncture in life do we consider ourselves victorious? Do we need to change the world? Build a legacy? Find happiness? And how long is this victory supposed to last? Is it simply enough to...
There is much to inspire awe within Ronald Hubert Sim’s Broadmead Baptist Church. Worshipers and architecture fans can find rapture in these bold, considered spaces. The entrance though is an anonymous, gloomy space that...
I sit out of sight, staring across at you and thinking back over all the times we shared together. Offering paper prayers to the dead on the Tibetan Plateau, getting dirty in the Cambodian jungle, scaling Scafell, descending...
Bristol is a city renowned for many things – its left-leaning alternative culture, vibrant music scene, street art, and the omnipresent fug of high-grade skunk. Architecturally though it draws a bit of a blank. Other than...
Hay fever. Fuck hay fever. Fuck hay fever like it’s fucked me. In the eyes, the nose, and the throat. My eyes are red, like a cartoon junky; like a bong-smoking night creature thrust out into morning; like the protagonist...
Week Four and the final instalment of Inktober 2017. One ink drawing by Laura Morgans, one piece of writing by Tom Spooner, every day in October. To catch up on previous weeks follow the links – One, Two, and...
Week Three. One ink drawing by Laura Morgans, one piece of writing by Tom Spooner, every day in October. Week One and Week Two Day 15 Black Eyes, Burnt Thumbs With black eyes, burnt thumbs and rouge on her cheeks of an...
Week Two. One ink drawing by Laura Morgans, one piece of writing by Tom Spooner, every day in October. Day 8 Voiceless There was nothing left of his voice. It had deserted him along with most of the other things that he...