The Soup Bowl

Temping in America: Part II

Matt Micheli continues his odyssey through temping work in America

Nothing Too Special

Sex post break-up proves nothing too special for our protagonist.

The Ultimate London Pub Crawl

Two friends and one 23 year long quest; to get drunk in the vicinity of all 270 London underground stations.

Overeaters Anonymous

My experience in a Overeaters anonymous meeting. “I am just a fat man trapped in a thin man’s body.”

Giving up Alcohol

I stand for a while with the glass in my hand, and then I throw it against the wall. Giving up alcohol is tough but I’m one day off four months sober.

The Hazards of Online Dating

The world of online dating provides a potential minefield for women looking for more than desperate narcissists.

The Wedding

A funny recollection of a wedding that wasn’t to be from a young girl growing up in 90s Britain.

The Last of the Porn Peddlers

In a time before wi-fi, Laurence Rivers looks back to his childhood and a particularly didactic incident of buying porn.

So You’re Socially Awkward Too?

My daughter is a socially awkward child in a world of tests and labels. At 18, she will be tested for asperger’s syndrome.

Fear and Loathing in Indonesian Toilets

Any expat eventually has to assimilate into the local culture, regardless of how low you feel you must stoop.

Millennial Writing Life

I’m a millennial, a writer and I have dyspraxia. My history of being socially isolated by my peers has made me stronger and wiser.

I Survived 27 Surgeries

I may not have a stomach but I sure am hungry for life. 10 years and 27 surgeries later, this is my story.

Not In The Pink

When visual artist Tina Martel was diagnosed with Stage 2B breast cancer she decided to document everything. ‘Not in the Pink’ details her experiences.

The Night Before the Morning After

Temptation and I have never been easy bedfellows.

Too High Too Far Too Soon

An excerpt from Simon Mason’s “Too High Too Far Too Soon”, a revelatory rock ‘n’ roll memoir of a life of drugs, Britpop and spiralling drug addiction.

Why I Kill the People I Love…Inside my head

I murder the people I love inside my head. I fantasize about where I’ll go, what I’ll do and how their funerals will be.

My Tattoo Dilemma

I want a tattoo, but I don’t want my tattoo to be from Topman, because I’ll see someone with that same tattoo on a Friday night in New Cross.

Reporting from the Freddie Gray Protest in Oakland

Writer and activist, Joseph Meehan, reports from the front line of the Freddie Gray Jr. protests in Oakland, CA.

The Rise of Health Food Porn

Are you #cleanliving or are you a twat? Clean living and liking salad is totally fine, you just don’t have to tell everyone about it.

Life as a Single Mom

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.

My Visit to the Scientology Centre

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: Career

Words of Wisdom about career and work by acclaimed aphorist Yahia Lababidi, featuring illustrations by Allen Forrest.

Slimehouse

Living in Limehouse, East London has its up and downs. A witty account by Limehouse resident and author Sean Preston.

Dereliction: My Passion for Urban Exploration

Urbex is my passion. Libraries with ivy growing up through the shelves, asylums with overturned trollies, broken window panes, graffiti scarred corridors.