the cows and we share a crossing perpendicular. you have to close the gate so they can cross the cattle grid. in summer the council puts stickers on the posts saying ‘thank you for closing the gate’ but we still don’t. the cyclists careen through, wheels rattling on the grid. the cows, when they come,…
Music, Venue
Paperback Writers – Beats with Books
‘Romeo and Juliet’ is perhaps one of the greatest plays ever written. Whilst many would consider those who have knowledge about the English literature canon, the likes of Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber have taken inspiration from the Text. In fact, the first song I ever heard by Taylor Swift was ‘Love Story’, at the…
Creative Writing
We Prayed Again
we prayed again on my living room floor, knees cushioned by a duvet spread sideways, outwards from sleep; you kicked it when you leaned forward, pressed your forehead to my pillow with the same clenched devotion as the ball of a hand against the ball of an eye, rubbing. i thought you were long asleep…
Gaming
Do you think that violence in games has become too realistic or graphic?
Yes – 19% No – 81% Ellie Robson I think this is quite a complex issue. I would argue that violence is games is extremely graphic, and fairly realistic, but the response of the gamer to these scenes is more important than deciding whether they’re graphic or not. If the gamer is comfortable with the…
Creative Writing, Venue
the opening.
There is an opening. I can see it with my bare eyes, and yet, despite my swollen, blistered feet, I have come no closer. Step after step – how many steps have I taken? Thousands? Tens of thousands? I cannot remember a time where I was not walking. And still, at the end of the…
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Shocking Sleeves
Fuck World Trade – Leftover Crack Lucy Burrows When thinking of a controversial album cover, one that came to mind, for example, Nirvana’s Nevermind, which features a naked baby in a swimming pool. However, a truly controversial album cover would be Leftover Crack with their album Fuck World Trade which depicts the world trade centre…
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wishing for clovers
we are barely ten and holding our imaginary shovels we go searching for the golden light or perhaps a newt in the long grass or maybe a lucky clover your dad told you all clovers are four leaf clovers but they wanted to be just like him when they grew up while waving his…
Creative Writing
How did we meet? well, it all began with a cursed amulet
classic story – the house was too cheap to be true, four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a river-front view, and fitted with copious Victorian demise and, of course, the occasional ‘novel that flies.’ it started with spoons – my favourite set were hurled to the walls of my kitchenette while my back was turned, causing…
Creative Writing
The Mouse and the Bicycle
I saw a field mouse fresh-dead on the path, Blood black in the mud of the bicycle track, his Eyes, and brain, and paws, and all, were Curled like a stone in the dirt – And so curls my brain at the sight of the gore, My eyeline dissected like mind split by tire, The…
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