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Yasmin Coe – Doubt
I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for Hull, a city unfairly maligned by our london-centric media, who have historically painted a bleak picture, sneering at a largely working class population, and almost completely ignoring it’s cultural output. Apart from Philip Larkin of course, who despite initially dismissing his adopted home, grew to […]
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Nxdia – She Likes a Boy
My response to Manchester based artist Nxdia, who moved the U.K as a child after being born and growing up initially in Egypt is a personal one, as my own mum Merlynne also spent part of her early childhood in Egypt. My grandad Ken was based out there with the R.A.F, and I spent years being […]
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TTSSFU – Baggage
I’ve had very little sleep so far this year. My little girl has just turned 4 and is seemingly testing all of her emotions to the very limits. This new hyper awareness of feelings has left me mentally drained to say the least. It’s a journey I was not unprepared for, but perhaps I didn’t […]