Introducing Esha Ex
I'm delighted to announce that I will be releasing Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction. Esha Ex will be serialised on this site every day over the next month and a half, starting tomorrow....
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter One
The first instalment in a novel length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.It always felt better to be outside the home than in it. One drybone summer we rigged the radio...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Two
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.Father Francis beamed, reached out with his huge hand on its skinny arm and squeezed my...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Three
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.Matriya opened the far door and there were guards standing behind it. Not the weaponised...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Four
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.The gang was made up of women in dainty-hanging, expensive clothes. I turned my head...
View ArticleChina Flash: My friend writes me a delicate poem to explain the intense...
In the summerEvery time it rainsThe heat comes down.In the springEvery time it snowsIt gets warmer.In the winterThe heaven’s getting rid of all its coldness.Autumn lasts a week.
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Five
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.I fell asleep and had a quick, jagged nightmare replaying my escape from Matriya Malhotra....
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From Jane Eyre to Clarissa Dalloway, beware your classic heroines
This article was originally commissioned by The Guardian, pegged to The Secret Life of Books: Jane Eyre, which will be broadcast on BBC4 on Tuesday 30th September at 8.30pm. Watch some clips here.A...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Six
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.I looked down at the thing in my hands. It was a jewellery box with plastic gems pasted...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Seven
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.The woman reached under her desk, pulled out a plastic stool and indicated that I should...
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China Flash: ABS Crew: graffiti artists on legal, semi-legal and illegal...
This is an expanded version of an article which first appeared in Time Out Beijing, where I am currently doing a stint as Deputy Editor. All images by and (c) ABS CrewDeep in the corporate heart of the...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Eight
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.“Stoning!” I shouted, too shocked to be afraid. “For a bit of tat off the back of a...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Nine
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.I pushed up the flap a few inches and slid out onto a driveway bordered with bright,...
View ArticleChina Flash: Writer Zhang Chao on media misogyny, China’s momentous social...
This is a greatly expanded version of an article which first appeared in Time Out Beijing, where I am currently doing a stint as Deputy Editor.It took an earthquake to make Zhang Chao a writer. She is...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Ten
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.She was already walking away. I followed her perfume haze. I knew I must stink. We went...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Eleven
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.I was woken up by Lalita poking me in the face with a dustpan and brush. “Work time,” she...
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China Flash: Writer Kerry Brown on the seven elite men who rule a country...
This is a greatly expanded version of an article which first appeared in Time Out Beijing, where I am currently doing a stint as Deputy Editor.Kerry Brown has been a China hand for two decades now....
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Twelve
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.Most of the workers were out front, putting up marquees, setting out tables, getting the...
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Straight Expectations: What Does it Mean To Be Gay Today? by Julie Bindel
Julie Bindel puts abusive men in prison. Widely known as a rigorous writer and broadcaster in the mainstream media, Bindel’s journalistic career actually grew out of her work as a lifelong campaigner...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Thirteen
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.The guests were moving towards the boar run. The guests gathered close against the ropes,...
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