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‘It is a short January day, unseasonably warm. The afternoon is getting dark and it isn't yet four o'clock’.
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‘The flirtations of insects and plants are furtive, hidden and often so brief that if you literally blink you might miss what exactly is going on.’
Dino J. Martins on moths and orchids, from Granta 153: Second Nature.
‘The origin of the dysfunctional family: spores. / Friend or foe? True fern or ally?’
Poems by Sylvia Legris, author of Garden Physic.
‘And the trees were safely tucked in. Their roots were rallying in the soil, in this coil. Would the woman also take a turn for the better in her last decade?’
Three stories by Diane Williams.
‘walking alone down a country road – / distracted by the slightly annoying and toxic / first green of spring, eyes overflowing’
A poem by Emily Skillings.
‘Whatever the aftermath, you won’t see the city again except through the agency of absence, recalling this semi-emptiness, this viral uncertainty.’
From 2020: China Miéville on the UK government’s response to coronavirus.
Tim Lott's books include the novel, White City Blue, and a memoir, The Special Relationship, which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2009.
More about the author →‘The point is, in the tower, on that night, certain gods revealed themselves to one another and came into conflict.‘
‘Somehow by putting things into words you’re taking a situation that feels very out of control and creating a kind of illusion of control over it.’
‘A video of someone flinging their cat out the window is only allowed if cruelty is not a motive’. An excerpt from the new novel by Hanna Bervoets.
The authors of Flèche and physical discuss the state of queer poetry in Britain, how to make poetry alive and what an anthology can mean.
Previously unpublished drawings by Franz Kafka, author of The Trial and The Castle.
‘What’s in a state of mind? How do we describe emotions, or the complex relationship between individuals and the state?’
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