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Robin Guy playing drums

NEVER EVER GIVE UP: In loving memory of Robin Guy

I’m heartbroken to be writing this. But I can’t not pay tribute to one of my favourite musicians of all time. At the end of last week, it was announced that Robin Guy had passed away, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about him since.

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The queer alchemy of queer and trans health and healing

There’s a current of queerness running through the definition of alchemy: 1. a power or process that changes or transforms something in a mysterious or impressive way; 2. an inexplicable or mysterious transmuting. Queer and trans people are alchemists. We are mysterious, impressive, inexplicable and powerful. We are skilled in the art of transformation. – Zena Sharman, Queer Alchemy: Perverting the Health System, Fighting to Win

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Jane Claire Bradley with her chapbook Lost + Found

Getting LOST + FOUND

Late last year, I got into my sixth-hand little Toyota late at night, driving through freezing fog down a series of almost-empty motorways to get to my friend’s adorable witch cottage, light glowing in the front window of the narrow terrace at the end of the path.

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Celluloid dreams: films I watched in 2024

Set the intention to watch more films this year. Here’s how it’s going so far…

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Pink and blue neon heart

Loved list: 2023 💖

An annual compendium of books, essays, music, films and other things I’ve been into over the course of the year.

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Smiley backpack

Found in drafts: I’ve got baggage (but I’m keeping it close)

On being scared, coping through preparedness and going to bed with my shoes on…

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Graffiti image bia Victor Behrens via Unsplash

The end is coming

Dark sky. Dark days. Dark nights. Or: marking the winter solstice with a video of my first ever performance with a live band…

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