The growing issue of waiting lists for gynaecological care in the UK is leaving many women in pain, with some enduring severe symptoms for years before they can see a specialist. The majority of women [… read more ]
Rose Rayner shares a poignant and vivid memoir about love, loss, travel and the healing power of nature. The first time Martin and I drive together in his car he confounds me by not using [… read more ]
Inspired by Amanda Garrie’s recent poem about Sir Keir Starmer and the work of local rhymer Vin Adams, I. L. Literate has penned 8 clerihews poking fun at our hapless Prime Minister. (A clerihew is [… read more ]
In the last part of a three part interview, Dianna Djokey interviews German migrant and doctor Lisa, about Brexit, how councils have fared in the pandemic, and the experience of being a migrant worker in [… read more ]
In the second of a three part interview Dianna Djokey interviews German migrant and doctor Lisa about the pandemic, becoming a British citizen, and working in the NHS. Lisa’s name was changed at her request. [… read more ]
By Sue Shipp Dowdy – that’s what they call me. Dowdy! They can’t be bothered to give me my full name – James Dowdy Street. No. All I hear is: cut through Dowdy, turn left [… read more ]
Covid-19 Community Reporter, Dianna Djokey, speaks to Elektra, a mother, wife and person of colour, about her experience of contracting Covid-19 and home-schooling her children, and what it has taught her. Elektra asked to be [… read more ]
Dianna Djokey interviews Jolene, a Black NHS worker, about her experiences of shielding, lockdown and the pandemic, and the challenges facing people of colour in the UK. Jolene’s name has been changed at her request. [… read more ]
Dianna Djokey interviews Majid Dhana about his experience as a migrant and a person of colour dealing with isolation during Covid-19, and the creative opportunities he’s created to speak up for other people through his [… read more ]
In the first of a three part interview, Dianna Djokey interviews German migrant and doctor Lisa, about the pandemic, becoming a British citizen, and the impact of Brexit on migrants in the UK. Lisa’s name [… read more ]
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