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Happy Eid

Southend Beach, 6pm. It’s grey but warm and muggy. Families in beautiful dresses sway along the beach and the promenade, seemingly worn out from celebration. Groups of young men congregate on the sea wall, grinning and japing. We’re sitting on the wall too, eating ice lollies and chucking balls up and down the promenade for … Continue reading Happy Eid

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Lockdown blues

Every day in lockdown nothing happens, or that’s what you tell yourself. Then you think back and realise: a thousand things happened, and I noticed every detail of every one of them. The gritty feel of the sand in my shoes that I couldn’t be bothered to tip out after the last walk on the … Continue reading Lockdown blues