This was originally published in EYESORE issue #3 in May 2016. The Alma estate regeneration is not due for completion until 2028. The four towers of The Alma Estate, in Enfield, North London, will soon be demolished. Built in the 1960s, and at 23 storeys high, the blocks loom over
Location: Lochaber, Scotland Distance: 35.0km Route: [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1GnbRikde8Ore8bQN-di7FJ4VszRTiCE&ehbc=2E312F&w=640&h=480] For a period of time toward the end of 2021 I could not stop talking about The Hermit Of Treig, a documentary exploring the
Location: Dartmoor, England Distance: 39.2km Route: [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1PQb6ztOFl0oJFEvEuaTXdMiTSfk94lo&ehbc=2E312F&w=640&h=480] Though I’d already caught sight of the whitewashed walls and packed picnic tables, it was the smell of smoke that made it real.
This was originally published in EYESORE issue #4 in December 2018. It was 7am and January, and though the puddles in Hackney were frozen, Colm the night baker of Church Street was awake too. “You’re what? A walk? Like a hike?” He eyed me warily, before handing me a
Earlier this year I paid for a web app to delete 14 years worth of my tweets. It wasn't a political act; it wasn't a protest at the new ownership, nor was it out of fear that some past-life profanity would come back to bite me.