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Number 57

To Leave and to Be Left Behind
Download PDF   A letter from the editor Sophie Mackintosh on journeys On losing a cat softly a bell rings Sophie Robinson ... Read more

Number 56

Transformations
Download PDF   Questions we've been asking House on Fire, Everything’s Paused Lys Morton Q&A Sarah Elaine Smith Poem Sam ... Read more

Number 55

Love
On love. Jay Griffiths addresses the court. Stanley Donwood ushers us towards a Bad Island. Stefania Rousselle searches France for evidence of affection. Plus fiction from Kathy Page and Nikita Lalwani.

Number 54

Debuts
The class of 2020. Ingrid Persaud opens her reading diary. Sarah Elaine Smith lists titles. Avni Doshi explains Burnt Sugar. Fiction from Elaine Feeney. Plus Amina Cain, Patrick Freyne, An Yu, Nazanine Hozar, Niamh Campbell, Deepa Anaparra and a couple poems by Will Harris.

Number 53

One sentence can reveal so much
Wise writing advice from Lydia Davis. Nathalie Olah on Edna O'Brien. Stanley Donwood and Robert Macfarlane's wild novella. Philippe Besson on Marguerite Duras. Plus Benjamin Markovits on the slow beauty of cricket.

Number 52

Write Rebellion Across The Skies
A warning from Extinction Rebellion. Helon Habila on the migrations of our time. Poetry from Andrew McMillan and Rachael Allen. Artwork from Jackie Morris. Plus Julian Hoffman, Stig Dagerman, and short fiction about a sentient block of wood.

On Journeys

by Sophie Mackintosh

Number 57

To Leave and to Be Left Behind

Three Poems

by Bridget Minamore

From ‘god complex’

by Rachael Allen

‘Grand Designs’ (series 16, episode 4)

by Yara Rodrigues Fowler

‘Modern medicine is brilliant. But we’re not good at keeping people from falling off the cliff in the first place.’

Dr Jeffrey Rediger on spontaneous healing, our current crisis, and why forgiveness is good for the body