Sandwiches

No, I don’t mind making the sandwiches for the picnic—it’s strangely satisfying to slice the cheddar for your Ploughman’s using the same knife … More

Weeping Women (1937 & 2017)

I saw a Picasso painting and it fucked me up because it wasn’t oil on canvas, it was a mirror. … More

High Enough

I am standing on the roof. I am smoking a cigarette. I should be at work but I am too … More

Found in Phone Notes

09:23 The last time I met Emily Dickinson in my dreams we had coffee and ice cream, and I taught … More

City Triptych

1. Thursday night in the city / 10pm-ish I think / I’m busy / doing nothing / watching / the … More

Review: First Cut #8 – McConville

Book: Lyrics From The Chamber Author: Mark McConville Publisher: Close To The Bone (August 2021) Book #8 in the First Cut series Buy here: ebook / paperback Lyrics … More

A Brief History of Tea

I used to resent making my father cups of tea. “Why can’t you just make it yourself?” He’d just stare … More

Watch

1. Minutes these relentless finite minutes of mine he says we have to make ours count but I just count … More

Another Time at Camden Lock

It’s a strange feeling, this, to be left alone in the middle of a crowd, to be abandoned by people … More

Review: First Cut #6 – Bowie

Book: Dead Birds & Sinking Ships: (Happy Little Tales of Melancholy Madness) Author: John Bowie Publisher: Close To The Bone (June 2021) Book #6 … More