I have a habit of getting into cars with strange men. And despite what your mother may have told you about such activities, I’ve had…
I sit in the back seat of an old Mercedes-Benz that smells like cheap tobacco and think about what I should say to the mystery…
I watch my mum’s mouth drop open in disgust. “Oh my god.” We’re dining at a fancy restaurant and I’m dolled up to the nines,…
Content warning: themes of sexual assault In the winter of New Delhi, the birds of prey drew imaginary circles below the smog; they wouldn’t be…
A mere four days after I set off on an adventure to the other side of the world alone, a woman was killed in her…
You were the first real relationship I ever had. You were fun, a talker, full of ideas. I sometimes wish we had spent more time…
I recently booked a return flight to South America. I’m flying in and out of Peru, but the country I am most anticipating is Colombia…
“Just relax. Spread your legs further.” Above me, fluorescent lights flickered, an epileptic nightmare. I felt sick. The smell of disinfectant clouded my thoughts and…
I leaped around the maze-like bus terminal with an eight-kilo pack, held back my screams, swallowed them. With eyes like snipers, the men spotted me…
I’ve always struggled with being close to someone. Well, not physically close – I could trip over a pavement and fall into them, but that…
My third evening in the Islamic Republic of Iran lands me in an underground music gig in a hip café-cum-alcohol-free-bar in the capital, Tehran, where…
I have always been a firm believer in being kind to everyone you meet, because everyone has a story. Things happen in our lives that…
