Words by Emma McCormack As the saying goes ‘comparison breeds discontent’ and never has this been more relevant, in an age where we can compare every aspect of our being to almost the entire planet, just by logging in. Moving away from the narrative that you have to do everything with a sense of immediacy…
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A month in review: Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
The self-explorative nature of essay writing can often feel cathartic and freeing, allowing for a rambling chat with your thoughts that would in any other form — having read the thing aloud, for instance — by the end leave a room full of your dearest and most encouraging friends talking distractedly among themselves. This collection…
In a love letter to her Nan and Grandad, our editor implores you to go Greek on your grandparents.
In a tale all too frequently told — in an age of throwaway culture and dismal divorce rates — my father left the family home when I was a baby, and responsibility for my care was left to my mother. Alone with a boisterous bundle of snot and incontinence, who had a stubborn unwillingness to…


