An illustrated discussion of work and care between two Black, disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically ill workers in England’s North East.
Category: Reflections
‘We hid our symptoms’ – Surviving a pandemic in prison
One morning in March 2020, the doors to Michael J Moore’s cell did not open as usual. A guard had tested positive for Covid-19.
blank verse in freedom’s thinking
Print culture always responds to politics, especially amongst the large diaspora that had grown as a result of the mass migration out of Zimbabwe
When a mundane life for Black people is no longer fantasy
Confronting the realisation that a mundane life is a privilege only available to those who are not under constant threat.
a moment of silence
As lockdowns stretch on, Nkenna Akunna reflects on how to find power in isolation.
Is This the End? A note from our editors
Right now, more than ever, we need things that can build and strengthen our collective capacities to create, imagine and produce.
Otherstani: a world without borders, imaged from behind bars
Poet Talha Ahsan spent eight years in UK and US prisons without trial.
Diasporic Growing Pains & the Sudan Revolution
Amuna Wagner reflects on her evolving relationship with diaspora, transnational solidarity, and revolutionary upheaval.
On Loneliness and Finding Ourselves in Each Other, with Fatimah Asghar
Diasporic loneliness is distinct. It’s an ever-present vibration under the skin, in some moments unremarkable and in others turbulent.
The Host
Working with displaced families seeking sanctuary has forced Marwa Belghazi to stay still and to be grounded, so she can extend that feeling to others who have just arrived.