Poetry
Notes on a Well-Worn Year
This year was heavy in places and generous in others. I’m trying to honour both of those things, and the new ground I’m standing on, as the year turns.
Kestral Gaian
Before The Longest Night
Hope, light, and warmth at the darkest part of the year.
Playing with Poetry, Riding the Lines
This National Poetry Day, I’m thinking about play, about poetry, and about the small moments that make a city human.
Queer Life
Rock On
On rocks, gravel, and the friends who keep me standing.
Writing
Write Like Nobody's Watching
Writing doesn’t need permission. Just a pen, a pocket of time, a rubber duck, and the courage to begin.
Books That Built Me
Books That Built Me: Station Eleven
Burnout, breakups, and banana bread: how Station Eleven became my 2016 survival guide.
General News
Breathe
A meditation on limbo, loss, and the strange joy of toasting crumpets at noon.
Queer Life
The Age of Verification
Because nothing says freedom like letting an AI scan your face before you can look at cat memes on the internet.
I Drove All Night
What happens when you switch off your phone, get in your car, and drive until you run out of road?
Writing
AI? We Need a Human Rebellion
Tired of machine-made mediocrity? Let’s make room for messy, unpredictable art that actually moves us.
Books That Built Me
Books That Built Me: Toast
Get a cup of tea, a nice slice of toast, and dig in. These stories will keep it all warm.
Hello From 'In-Between'
A suitcase, a laptop, and my life in storage. This summer I'm finding freedom in letting go: of furniture, of plans, and of permanence.