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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.

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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