‘I am the full-time driver here. I am not going to kill my employers. I have read that drivers do that now.’
I am the full-time driver here. I am not going to kill my employers. I have read that drivers do that now. I will make just a few observations.
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‘The Mitsubishi conglomerate controls a forty per cent share of the world market in bluefin tuna; they are freezing and hoarding huge stocks of the fish every year.’ Katherine Rundell on extinction speculation.
‘Two roof tiles are missing to the rear: the kiss of death. Without repair, ruination is now inevitable. Until then, this is my best hope of shelter.’ Cal Flyn visits the island of Swona in northern Scotland.
‘I’m on the cliff of myself & these aren’t wings, they’re futures. / For as long as I can remember my body was a small town nightmare.’ A poem by Ocean Vuong.
Taiye Selasi talks about her mother’s garden, Rachmaninov and learning to speak Italian.
‘She has the most genuine intentions of any woman out there.’
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Taiye Selasi on trying to escape from twinhood.
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A selection of Granta contributors discuss the books they read in 2012.
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