Short Reads
I can say though that since becoming a parent, it has really made me stop and magnify the things in my life that I don’t really like about myself and want to change.
I strongly encourage you to view the HBO documentary, “Going Clear” and if you dare, pay a visit to the Scientology Celebrity Headquarters Asylum so you can formulate your own decision.
Words of Wisdom about career and work by acclaimed aphorist Yahia Lababidi, featuring illustrations by Allen Forrest.
Living in Limehouse, East London has its up and downs. A witty account by Limehouse resident and author Sean Preston.
Acclaimed writer, Mitchell Grabois, explores life, work and women in “A Renaissance of Atonement and Music”.
Family life can be a real lottery sometimes. When bullying permeates home life who do you turn to?
Urbex is my passion. Libraries with ivy growing up through the shelves, asylums with overturned trollies, broken window panes, graffiti scarred corridors.
The London Underground is my safe haven. Many people hate it; but for me, there is no other place that could give me the same, dependable experience.
The second and final part of Joseph Meehan’s account of dollar day betting at Golden Gate Fields racing track.
‘Dollar Days’ in Golden Gate Fields, California. Lured by the cheap prices I decided it was time to delve into the culturally transcendent world of gambling.
How do you cope with the death of a child? “Replacement” deals with the fallout from family tragedy.
Drunken antics, bingo, Nazi grass and fascist salutes await Laurence as he takes a trip to a Real Betis football away match.
Jack is a liar. He doesn’t know why. Sometimes the white lies cover something altogether darker.
I’ve always wanted to get married and live a gay American dream; a queer version of my parents marriage which is still going on strong.
Visions of Albion, a short film by ‘EYE’ follows a group of Chinese tourists across Britain, showing what defines Britishness in the eyes of tourists.
I have lung cancer, stage 1, prognosis says two-to-five years if I continue to refuse treatment. I’m not lying.
London is undergoing a living crisis. We present two short films courtesy of England Your England that discuss a very modern problem plaguing the city today
Short story by Sonia Gandiaga, based on the true story of Pony the Orangutan. Pony was captured and used as a prostitute in a Bornean village until his rescue.
The phoenix has won the cockfight, but now it’s limping around in a heap of blood and feathers. Politics in Lebanon is a hereditary illness.
Trouser-less and here in rural Spain. This is how the “Carnaval” finished for me.
Commuter hell. They were supposed to be on strike. I have sunk the best part of a bottle of whiskey in anticipation for travel chaos leading to a day in bed eating toast.
Down and out in London but way too skint to make it to Paris we introduce lance, the gentleman shapeshifter.
Soup Kitchen Part Two: Three stories from some of the bitterest rivalries in world football, as told by the fans themselves.
