The Observatory Imagine walking down your local high street. The usual mix of vape shops, bookmakers, charity shops – perhaps a bargain chain, a few independent shops clinging on. You pass a shopfront with a curious mix of paraphernalia in the window; it seems it can’t quite work out if it’s a bookshop, museum or … Read more
Sunny Blunts: Circles & Threads In my early twenties, I met the girl I would later marry. We’d travelled in the same social circles for a while, but she was seeing a mate of mine, and I’d always considered her way out of my league. I didn’t think I had a league. She split up … Read more
A short story.Written in 2023. The story later became the foundation for an ongoing body of work exploring memory, reconstruction and participation, but is presented here in its original form. “He used to have this bloody Kestrel, like the birdman of Alcatraz,” she said, shaking her head and smiling wistfully. “Ha, that’s a good one.” … Read more
Raised on an Island Wembley Stadium; London – originally known as Empire Stadium, opened to the public on 28th April 1923 as part of the ‘British Empire Exhibition’; a grand undertaking aimed to strengthen Britain’s image on the world stage amid the realities of an increasingly unstable empire. It was originally planned to be demolished … Read more