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I’ve never been one for following the writing rules. I hate that people call them rules as well. There is no rule when it comes to writing; there are guidelines of things that generally work. That’s a bit more of […]

The black rocks stretch out across the beach, speckling the sand. Each craggy stone is covered in slick vivid green algae. You can’t walk over it. Instead I zigzag my way between the pools, seeking safe passage t […]

My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite tells the story of two sisters, Korede and Ayoola, who couldn’t be more different. Korede is sensible, responsible, and works as a nurse in a Lagos hospital. A […]

There’s an undeniable way that we, sometimes, view creative people. We see an isolated, depressed person who uses their art as a vehicle to expel their pain. Without this internal pain and anguish, their art s […]

My thoughts are telling me
‘I’m drowning’
My mind is a heavy weight
slowly filling up like water
at surface level
To rid the tide,
I pray and beg for a lighter drizzle.
The rain pours outside my windo […]

Grammar. Some people have already switched off, and that’s understandable; grammar isn’t necessarily very exciting. It’s an essential part of language (this sentence wouldn’t make sense without rules governing […]

At birth, we become writers. The moment our lungs fill with air, we gain an idea of desire, which is plot in its simplest form. Someone wants something. That’s a story. And of course, along with our story we c […]

When you first set out writing a new story, it can fill you with confidence that this is going to be the one, the best thing you’ve ever written. Then as you edit and revise, you keep going determined to iron out […]

A million stars spiralled into a molten core. It was blinding, yet beautiful. Like an intricate spider-web, all light gathered into an atomised embrace; a singularity. He’d seen it more times than he dared to i […]

Llama On The Loose by Nina Telegina dives straight into the contemporary discussion of poetry in the introduction, Telegina invites the reader to question what poetry is and how the definition of poetry can be […]

It’s more than 160 years since The Origin of Species was published, but its legacy continues to resound and ricochet like a stubborn genetic mutation. Written predominantly at Down House in Kent, it came to e […]

A tapestry of colours,
seasons of leaves

represent beginnings,
fallen from trees.

“It’s not real – it’s just a story.”

Words so often spoken when the events on our television screens become too much for some of us to take, and we look away or cover our eyes, while others seemingly delight i […]