The Mind
A break up letter to the moon
It all becomes so much clearer with a bit of distance. I was too close to see the truth before. I admired you from afar since I was 11 years old. Your glow, your mysterious beauty, your pull. How my heart gravitated towards you. I dreamed of conquering you and calling...
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Sarah Crowder’s lists; people I grew up with
I’ve lived in at least twenty different houses in my life, but one has felt more like home than any other; a semi detached council house on a council estate in a tiny Surrey village. I moved there when I was five years old and we had to move away when I was...
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Inside the head of…Eimear McBride.
Illustration by Fabio Vermelho Author Eimear McBride was born to Irish parents in Liverpool in 1976. Her debut novel, A Girl Is A Half Formed Thing (which took her merely six months to write) was published in 2013 and won serveral awards including the Baileys Women’s...
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Sarah Crowder’s lists; things that can put me off a man, romantically.
Things that can put me off a man likes Morrissey. My hatred of Morrissey and his whining voice, his flouncing around on stage, his militant brand of veganism and his racist views has also put a boy off me many years ago. We were on the bus on the way from his house...
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Inside the head of…Tony Parsons
Illustration by Fabio Vermelho Tony Parsons is a British author and journalist who began his career writing about punk music for the NME and has since written a whole bunch of fantastic best-selling novels and newspaper columns. But I’m sure you know all this...
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Inside the head of…Chris T-T
Illustration by Fabio Vermelho* Chris T-T is an English singer songwriter, activist, writer, public speaker, radio show host, and genuinely incredibly lovely human being, based in Brighton. He has performed on the fourth plinth at Trafalgar square for Anthony...
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Sarah Crowder’s lists; Money making ideas I abandoned
This is going to be a new regular feature, me doing my favourite thing; writing endless, pointless lists. Do you ever wonder how many people came up with the idea for the light bulb, the telephone, the wheel, etc, before they were invented but just couldn’t be...
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Inside the head of…Adam Gnade
Illustration by Fabio Vermelho Adam Gnade is an author and musician who lives on a farm in rural Kansas. Apart from being just his home, the farm acts as the headquarters of Pioneers Press, a small press distro that focuses on survival and sustainability on the farm...
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Wild horses are going to drag me away
This piece is an amalgamation of a couple of pieces I wrote for our Amtrak zine which you can buy from us here or from Pioneer’s Press here (Pioneer’s press should be cheaper shipping than us if you are in the USA) Marfa’s a tiny city in far West...
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An Ode To…Disconnecting
As I write this, I am balancing on a rock at the edge of a Montana forest. It’s around 2pm. The sun is strong here at this time of day. To avoid it, I have nestled into a formation of rocks which faces a large valley of trees, most of which are perished and dry...
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Inside the head of… Franz Nicolay
Illustration by Esme Blegvad Franz Nicolay is a singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist son of a gun, known for his time spent in bands such as The Hold Steady, Against Me, World/Inferno Friendship Society and Guignol. He has been named punk’s number one best...
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The Novel Cure
Originally featured in The Saatchi Gallery’s Art & Music Magazine My mother taught me very early on that a life full of books equals a well insured soul, so I never have the slightest hesitation in recommending reading to friends who are in need of hopeful...
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