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...
The two men meet at the lighthouse, prepared to defend it at all costs. One carries a small step ladder, the other a fade and weather-resistant 5mm premium quality corrugated plastic sign. The men are steely but for their...
The leopard skin shirt was a sign. The aviators covering the eyes and the jaw that moved left to right, right to left were also signs. You didn’t get men like him in China, but then again this was not really China. We needed 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...
1. Bob Dylan & Neil Young, Hyde Park, London 2. Lee Fields and the Expressions, Fiddler’s, Aug 14th 3. Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Idles – Downs Festival, Bristol 4. Hailu Mergia, Colston...
Another fantastic year for music, here’s my rundown of the best 30 albums of 2019. 2019 Albums of the Year 1. Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains Purple Mountains by Purple Mountains 2. Deerhunter – Why...
Inktober 2019 – Flash Fiction Week one Week two Week three Week four WEEK ONE Ring I used to go to the attic to ring you. It’s where I first listened to Guns n Roses, a safe distance...
When I was growing up, radios were everywhere. The air I breathed as a child was muggy with the tinny pop hits of the eighties, the staticky singalongs of the seventies, and the saccharine psychedelia of the sixties. You walked...
Picture the scene Etta – you’ve seen it before of course, you were there, but it’s doubtful that you remember it now: you are in your dining room at the table, your big eyes are looking out as you sit in your high...
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...