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Fenacular: creative writing in response to fen art

April 5, 2022

Here’s a link to the first edition of Fenacular, creative writing in response to fen art. The submissions window is …

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Love Crimes – Kevin Reid's Androgny

March 31, 2020

At primary school, confession, or, in Catholic parlance, the sacrament of reconciliation, was little more than our means to obtain …

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Chrissie Gittins’ Sharp Hills

January 2, 2020

This evening, I stood shoulder to shoulder at the sink with my father as we cleaned up after dinner. I’d …

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Pure Heroine – Rachel Piercey’s Disappointing Alice

June 22, 2019

Social media, we are told, defines who girls want to be – or at least who they want to look …

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I Want a Dog – Sophie Robinson’s Rabbit

April 17, 2019

I want a dogA ChihuahuaWhen I get back To my small flatI want to hear somebody bark When Pet Shop …

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Bullet the Blue Sky – Carolyn Forché’s ‘What You Have Heard Is True’ and ‘The Country Between Us’

April 10, 2019

When exploring a vocation to the priesthood in my early twenties, the Society of Jesus was of great personal interest. …

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Rebecca Tamás – Witch

April 2, 2019

On Friday the 21st August, 1829, The Times reported on the case of Jean Sabathé. His child was gravely ill. …

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Great balls of fire – Keith Chandler’s The Goldsmith’s Apprentice

July 30, 2018

Sadly, the lube applied to my intimate area was not recreational but medical. Following numbness, blood, a phone call, I …

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Piercing the Veil: Fiona Moore’s The Distal Point

July 24, 2018

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery was just a refuge from the pipers and Fringe flyers on Princes Street, so I …

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Kevin Reid’s Burdlife

July 4, 2018

Its high pitch and speed makes birdsong feel utterly alien. However, Marcus Coates’s stunning installation, ‘Dawn Chorus‘, closes that distance. …

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