Love and life is what got me through the last two years and it’s at the heart of what I’m hoping for whatever the outcome of this election
Struggle and story
Nigerian writer and poet Chinua Achebe’s reflections on “meaningful optimism” – inspiration when hope seems in short supply
Recovering lost ground
We need to think not only about protecting what we hold dear, but also what to do about what has been lost
Bleak House
The realisation that we have another five years of a Conservative government, as well as the heavy rain, has intensified my sense of despair
The language of hope
The phone call asking me to get involved in the ‘newspaper’ called 28 Days helped lift my gloomy mood, and working on the project has meant a lot to me in the last few months…