The idea of getting stuck in another country terrifies me. Not so much the being overseas bit, but because it brings up memories of me…
Me: Have you ever done cybersex? Him: If it’s essentially getting freaky on FaceTime, then yes. You? Me: Nope. Him: You swear? Me: Oh, shit….
2020: global travel bans, entire fleets of commercial airlines grounded, borders shut, entire cities in lockdown worldwide. Not exactly a great year to be planning…
There is a kind of sexual urgency in the air since human touch became a scarcity. The prospect of a complete lockdown will see single…
Before the Coronavirus pandemic came along and fucked up everyone’s lives, I was living a pretty normal one. I had a full-time job that took…
Last night, we heard screaming. Tucked away in our apartment during quarantine, we wondered what people were doing outside clapping and yelling. Upon looking out…
I read an article once, by a man whose name I cannot remember, which attributed the differences between occidental and oriental cultures to the incidence…
So here I am across the Puget Sound from Seattle – an “epicentre” for COVID-19. A travel writer in lockdown. Schools, libraries, bars, malls, and…
It’s 2pm on a Sunday in March and I’m sitting by the windowsill having my morning coffee. Ordinarily, my morning wouldn’t have started at 2pm,…
I was prepared for one of them to die. Before I left the UK to go travelling, I made a list of family members I…
Since February, we’ve been receiving bulk emails from panicked students, universities and parents about whether our upcoming overseas writing workshops will go ahead. The safety…
