I began to fall in love with music at around the age of eleven. Up until then, I never really cared about it that much …
The Decameron Precedent: The importance of storytelling in a Pandemic
We all live through stories. Continuously so, regardless of whether we are choosing to dream, to read, perform a play or watch one, the central …
Memories over Mushroom Soup
There are memories that get trapped in physical spaces. These buildings, these large physical structures, inspire such trust in us. Our bodies fit into them …
War of Words: on blockchain, multiverse theory and the possible future(s) of the publishing industry
“At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in twoFrom top to bottom.”– Matthew 27:51 (New International Version) The quill begat the pen; …
Ugly, Lovely Town
On Reading Dylan Thomas Away from Home It is summer and I am nine. My father and grandfather have driven me up to the valley. …
HIRAETH: A Letter from the Editor
Location—where we are, where we are going, where we have been—has never been more important to us than in this year. This year of stay-at-home, …
Location and Addiction
A while ago, whilst reading about the opioid crisis in America, I came across a recent discovery about the relationship between drug use and location. …
a witness, the passing of time.
Uncomfortable chairs, couches you can melt into, cold kitchen floors, colorful wooden doors, narrow alleyways, blind street corners, open highways, towns, cities, countries, continents, galaxies. …
Hysteria is derived from the Greek of ‘Belonging to the Womb’ – Pockets of Marginalisation and Locating the Needs of the Forgotten
On September 29th, at around 2.30 or so (I know it was then because lunch was done and yet dinner was still far off), I …
This Living, Breathing House of Death
I was having lunch at my grandparents’ house when I was around 14. I remember it being a Sunday lunch, with chicken and lots of …