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Poetry: We all share an ‘e’ at least by J-Day

The image of a wordI don’t want to be a letterI ask people not to conjure me when they speakNot existing on a fabricated planeWith others of my kinThere is…

‘Comparisons’ by Dylan Bryant and Charlie Batten

‘Comparisons’ is a song that we wrote based around the insecurities of not knowing who or where you want to be in life. When discussing the topic of ‘identity and…

Poetry: God are you listening, it’s me…is he? by Issy Anthony

God I would like to ask if this is it? Maybe you could send someone, Gabriel will do, to tell me if this okay-ness is the whole point Then I…

Poetry: Us, the stardust residuals by Rob Barrie

We are not stemmed from two, not a cell, not a particle, no lineage exists to respond, for there is no beauty in divinity and no wonder in the beyond.…

Words about the little things by Eloise Armary

Words by Eloise Armary ‘Feel the early morning sun on her skin, the soft, warm wind in her hair, and smell the sweet touch of grass and lavender in the…

Poetry: What I Wouldn’t Do by Simon Hauwaerts

he’s sitting on the couch & he’s white & cis & straight & ablebodied &&&&cetera(you know how it is and oh how original so does he) and that’s why he…

Image and Identity – Music, My Family and Me

Words by Dylan Bryant Music fascinates me. How does an accumulation of dots on a page have the power to bring total strangers together and move someone to tears? Obviously,…

Edie Bea Tattoos

Words by Edie Bea I’m a resident tattoo artist in Stars and Moon Tattoo – Hove. I have illustrated all my life and studied at art university for four years.…

Poetry: An ally by Leah Hardcastle

I touch my skin and shudder away.How can my own body disgust me?The hairs that ripple under my touch encourages bile to rise in my throat.And yet she.Her fingertips reach…

Read now: The Burrow

The arts team has been hard at work curating this reworking of the paper’s longstanding arts pull out. This year The Burrow is an outlet of artistic expression, representing the…