She starts arguments with him a lot during lockdown. He is a guy she is seeing casually, and now he’s in a different country and they have little to talk about. There is little point in them talking at all, but she keeps up an incessant regime of messaging to assert control. Nothing is goingContinue reading “Lockdown”
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The last time
The last time we were together You played with my hair and said this could be forever The first time I went to sleep without you I turned on my laptop And I instantly knew You wouldn’t see me as I was before I would never look the same You could see my face andContinue reading “The last time”
ELLA1
When Ella was twenty-five, she joined an acting group. Though outgoing and vivacious, she found it hard to make herself known and truly connect with those around her in her first few months there. She had a budding passion for theatre. She wanted starring roles in shows, but felt neither bold nor integrated enough inContinue reading “ELLA1”
Where have I been?
What is it like to work in a European institution when your home country has caused arguably the greatest political upheaval of the decade?
Good copy
My job as a copywriter consists of making language simple. Long words have to be cut down into shorter ones. Anything vague or “not to the point” needs to be condensed and pulverised into something that resembles good writing, but is actually a regurgitation of another agency’s ideas. Every word is for the purpose ofContinue reading “Good copy”
The female perspective 