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Tanjil Rashid

Baby Donald

We begin in a hospital in the north London suburbs.
Apr 19, 2023
Sophie Mackintosh

May Day

Teetering on the edge of the apocalypse.
Apr 19, 2023
Rebecca Watson

The Nothing Game

Ripping up concepts with meek meek text.
Apr 19, 2023
AK Blakemore

Yellow Nailpolish

A short story that somehow encapsulates every short story that has been written in the last five years.
Apr 19, 2023
Michelle Taylor

Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?

Why are T.S Eliot’s letters so deathly dull? We asked an expert to ask other Eliot experts about OId Possum's epistolary style.
Apr 19, 2023
Jimmy McIntosh

Strangers in the Night

Our resident booze maven went for a night out in Parliament.
Apr 18, 2023
Harriet Rix

Lost in the Woods

Guy Shrubsole’s schemes have the potential to unleash havoc in the British countryside.
Apr 18, 2023
The Fence

Drinking with the Greats

Legends of British History, yes, but good value in the pub?
Apr 18, 2023
Clive Martin

Put Money in thy Purse

Meeting the English activists who refuse to go cashless, and plot the return of proper currency, just like it used to be.
Apr 18, 2023
Sarah Haque

In Defence of Mean Girls

Hell hath no horror like the bathroom of a girls’ school.
Apr 18, 2023

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