On the Road to Ormskirk I find pavement I have driven before in another state, across a border, across an … More
Tag: Wandering Bards
Making Macarons in Paris, by Isobel Kay
A Short, Sweet Lesson in French-Muslim History ‘Parfait, Alice!’ Our instructor Guillaume, a French pastry chef, claps his hands in rapturous … More
Symbiosis, by Anne Cleasby
Sleet turned to hail as the sky darkened into evening. An occasional streetlight still functioned, flickering with a dull orange … More
From Here, by John McAuliffe
The view from here is the border: the lake, close-up, is vertical. Not so much water as law and order. … More
Keeping Up the Training, by Alisha and the Duck
Trains. They are still the love of our Japanese life! Since the duck and I take trains pretty regularly now, … More
Ep. 7 | Jamila Gavin
I feel so depressed when I hear: ‘We have to go back to being English.’ What’s that, for heaven’s sake? … More
Ep. 6 | Jenn Ashworth and Richard V. Hirst
I think this idea of cultural appropriation makes white writers like me be very nervous about representing anyone in their … More
Ep. 5 | Jessica Elleray
Travelling has given me such a respect for how places and contexts shape communities and vice versa … I think … More
Ep. 4 | Geoff Rushton
I like the idea of leaving work in the landscape … creating something where it has fallen, where the environment … More
Ep. 3 | Marja Lingsma
Being born on the other side of the world doesn’t mean you can’t talk to each other or understand each … More