Mara Patraiko Mara’s Happy Birthday 1 May 20171 May 2017 Happy Birthday To Us Mara Patraiko One year ago today, The Lighter Journal was launched. University was coming to an end, and for me, I think for the others too,…
Bobby Brown Ayr 6 Apr 201712 Apr 2017 The Windy City (Even Though It’s Not A City) Bobby Brown Just like Gloucester in Gloucestershire and Hamp in Hampshire, Ayr is the titular town of Ayrshire. The west coast…
Luke Hall Pluto 19 Mar 201713 Apr 2017 G-Spot Pluto by Luke Hall On the edge of the solar system, 3 billion miles from the warmth of the sun, a dwarf planet has spun through the void unseen…
Bobby Brown Irn Bru Festival 16 Mar 201712 Apr 2017 Because the Scottish Will Celebrate Anything By Bobby Brown I’ve been doing my time up here, and learned certain things about the Scots. The first noble truth (to paraphrase Descartes…
Chiara Keating Berlin, Germany 15 Mar 201712 Apr 2017 Ich bin ein Berliner by Chiara Keating Cold, drunk and re-evaluating my life choices: that's how I spent my days in Berlin. Day 1 My dear brother, James, surprised me…
Luke Hall Newport 14 Mar 201712 Apr 2017 Tramps-Élysées Luke Hall Nothing can quite prepare you for the sights that grace the windows of the Arriva Trains network. Returning from Carmarthen, I could watch the landscape unfold through…
Matt Butler Blue Man Group, Florida 13 Mar 201712 Apr 2017 Blue Man Group - The Drummer Mutler Aspires To Be Matt Butler Next to writing, percussion is my all-time biggest passion. As you are aware by now, I am a…
Bobby Brown A Year in Review 13 Feb 201712 Apr 2017 2016 – A Year in Review Bobby Brown Okay, who’s ready for a tenuous link between travel writing and a retrospective look at the last 12 months … For The…
Luke Hall Stephen’s Castle 8 Feb 201712 Apr 2017 'Lukebo' by Luke Hall I remember coming here, aged no older than eleven and chasing the heath land creatures with sticks. I remember there being much sand interspersed with thick…
Luke Hall Horton Tower 11 Jan 201712 Apr 2017 I Can Sell Tumours by Luke Hall If I really wanted to tussle creatures with no mind of their own, I would’ve started an argument with a writer of Buzz-Feed.…
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