These pages begin with an experience, an encounter, a city, a confidence, a desire or something that keeps leaving a trace.
Some lives are mine. Others have been entrusted to me, or I have encountered them closely enough not to forget them. That difference changes the responsibility of the telling, not the editorial room where the story belongs.
This is not an orderly diary, and it is not a collection of human “cases”. A story works only when the life it begins with opens something wider for the reader.
Start from a life without stopping at that life: that is the rule.
Article 9 · 11 min read
The Dreams That Chase You
We are taught to chase our dreams. No one tells us what to do when they are the ones that refuse to let us go.
Article 8 · 15 min read
No Drama, Please
Friendship, desire, and that strange habit of calling you difficult when you say something hurt you.
Article 7 · 9 min read
Have You Eaten?
Sometimes affection insists. Sometimes it gives space. The difficult part is recognising it when it does not speak our language.
Article 6 · 9 min read
Behind the Wall
Sometimes we do not have to demolish a defence before we can come closer.
Article 5 · 13 min read
The Place I Wasn’t Looking For
The redemption was not success. It was discovering that I could trust myself.
Article 4 · 11 min read
Earl’s Court, Before London Became Kind
Changing a neighbourhood is inevitable. Erasing the people who gave it its identity should not be.
Article 3 · 8 min read
The Wedding His Mother Will Never Know About
It is possible to keep loving someone and stop handing them the most fragile parts of your happiness.
Article 2 · 6 min read
The App Olympics
I stopped auditioning. And I stopped confusing politeness with obligation.
Article 1 · 6 min read
The Lights That Stay On
Some lights remain on even after we have decided not to go back.