It was summer 2017 and my mother had implored me, for the second time that day, to meditate. It was “the start to a new …
“Breathe in, breathe out”
‘Connection balances numbness.’
Kae Tempest is an award-winning author, recording artist, playwright and spoken word artist. Having attended the BRIT school for Performing Arts and Technology, Tempest won …
Music Becomes Her
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. …