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Journalism, reviews, poetry etc. by those who haunt Leamington
THREE OH
By James Fullbrook
Despite my ever-present big dad energy and penchant for cardigans, 30 always felt like a far-off event that would never actually happen to me. Much like sporting injuries and unruly eyebrows. Yet here I am, with a reconstructed ACL and a handy trimmer attachment.... READ ON
PASTA AND TURMOIL
By Grubby Pony
A song
Ryan wrote a song for his daughter.
‘Why don’t I get a song?’, said his other daughter
‘Because you’re not very inspiring’, said Ryan.
A truth
Art is easy until you have to do something good.
A baptism
The grey heron led an egret down to the riverbank.
Heads bobbing in solemn silence.
Legs stalking forward.
Ecclesiastical elegance.
A minutes’ silence, then the heron dips egrets face into the brown water.
Those that don’t teach
By James Fullbrook
The end of July came and went and I, for once, had no long summer break to waltz into. Once I had reconciled that with myself, I thought about teaching and how consistently misunderstood it is... READ ON
Why we need Wittgenstein
By Tom Knight
The economist John Maynard Keynes wrote to his wife in 1929 that “God has arrived. I met him on the 5:15 train”. The deity in question was the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein... READ MORE
unHinged
By James Fullbrook
This piece is not seeking to denigrate dating apps. Nor am I engineering this to elicit pity. A huge number of my friends have met their significant others online and they are very happy. The last person I loved was my first ever match on Tinder… READ ON
ON MEDITATION
What I have learnt from a 5 year daily meditation practice
By Tyla Fergusson-Platt
Meditation is subtle but life changing. The positive changes in your life creep up on you and it’s usually only when you look back you realise how far you have come...... READ ON
WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOUR SISTER?
By James Fullbrook
I am no disability activist. I have never joined a rally or campaigned for a charity. I must confess to a little bias though. The clue is in the title of this piece.... READ ON
ANTS FROM UP THERE
Revisiting Black Country New Roads and their devastating second album
By Tom Knight
......The album’s uniqueness is underlined by the fact the band no longer exists. Lead singer Isaac Woods left the group on the eve of the album’s release, and some have interpreted its songs as an explanation for why he had to go... READ ON
