The piece that got the ball rolling
by Isis Davis
How the actress and writer Isis Davis kickstarted her career at the Edinburgh Festival
The last words of Anas al-Sharif
The message prepared for the family of the Palestinian journalist, killed in an Israeli airstrike on 10.08.25, in the event of his death
Sade and the Quality of Restraint: a Zuihitsu
by Roger Robinson
'A master of the slow fade. Of the elegant exit. Of the no'
Made to love magic
by Anjali Joseph
The Tarot cards open a space of wonder and magic beyond the anti-religion of rationalism
Listening to cherry trees
by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
‘I can’t think of cherry blossom without thinking of the others who have loved it before me. And as with most human loves, its history is messy.’
Alice Through the Looking-Glass – after 50 years of reading
by Suhayl Saadi
On being transported to the quintessentially Victorian house and garden of the Reverend Charles Dodgson.
The Sinéad Generation
by Suzanne Harrington
An extract from Geographicals, Suzanne Harrington's memoir of escaping 1980s Ireland.
Scattering stars like dust
by Mona Dash
An extract from Mona’s unpublished novel Scattering Stars Like Dust
To migrate or not to migrate?
by Goran Gocić
'At 62, I am finally the writer I always strived to be.'