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The Rise of Health Food Porn

  • May 29, 2015
  • by Jake Taylor
Are you #cleanliving or are you a twat? Clean living and liking salad is totally fine, you just don’t have to tell everyone about it.
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Life as a Single Mom

  • May 25, 2015
  • by Lyka Boss
I can say though that since becoming a parent, it has really made me stop and magnify the things in my life that I don’t really like about myself and want to change.
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My Visit to the Scientology Centre

  • May 19, 2015
  • by Douglas Quill
I strongly encourage you to view the HBO documentary, “Going Clear” and if you dare, pay a visit to the Scientology Celebrity Headquarters Asylum so you can formulate your own decision.
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Words of Wisdom: Career

  • May 18, 2015
  • by Yahia Lababidi
Words of Wisdom about career and work by acclaimed aphorist Yahia Lababidi, featuring illustrations by Allen Forrest.
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Slimehouse

  • May 17, 2015
  • by Sean Preston
Living in Limehouse, East London has its up and downs. A witty account by Limehouse resident and author Sean Preston.
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A Renaissance of Atonement and Music

  • May 8, 2015
  • by Mitchell Grabois
Acclaimed writer, Mitchell Grabois, explores life, work and women in “A Renaissance of Atonement and Music”.
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Did you wash these dishes?

  • May 6, 2015
  • by Gus Purdy
Family life can be a real lottery sometimes. When bullying permeates home life who do you turn to?
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Dereliction: My Passion for Urban Exploration

  • May 6, 2015
  • by Cate Hennessy
Urbex is my passion. Libraries with ivy growing up through the shelves, asylums with overturned trollies, broken window panes, graffiti scarred corridors.
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The Papoose

  • April 27, 2015
  • by Faye Lucinda
The London Underground is my safe haven. Many people hate it; but for me, there is no other place that could give me the same, dependable experience.
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A Day at the Races: Part II

  • April 27, 2015
  • by Joseph Meehan
The second and final part of Joseph Meehan’s account of dollar day betting at Golden Gate Fields racing track.
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A Day at the Races: Part I

  • April 27, 2015
  • by Joseph Meehan
‘Dollar Days’ in Golden Gate Fields, California. Lured by the cheap prices I decided it was time to delve into the culturally transcendent world of gambling.
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Replacement

  • April 21, 2015
  • by Kelly Brown
How do you cope with the death of a child? “Replacement” deals with the fallout from family tragedy.
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Bingo, Football & Fascists

  • April 14, 2015
  • by Laurence Rivers
Drunken antics, bingo, Nazi grass and fascist salutes await Laurence as he takes a trip to a Real Betis football away match.
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Jack

  • April 14, 2015
  • by Jim Gibson
Jack is a liar. He doesn’t know why. Sometimes the white lies cover something altogether darker.
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A Thousand Signatures

  • April 9, 2015
  • by Dennis Milam Bensie
I’ve always wanted to get married and live a gay American dream; a queer version of my parents marriage which is still going on strong.
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Visions of Albion

  • March 30, 2015
  • by Talking Soup
Visions of Albion, a short film by ‘EYE’ follows a group of Chinese tourists across Britain, showing what defines Britishness in the eyes of tourists.
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Monkey’s Blood

  • March 26, 2015
  • by Anton Rose
What to do when a job interview becomes too much to handle.
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The Boy after the Boy who cried Wolf

  • March 21, 2015
  • by Ant Pippas
I have lung cancer, stage 1, prognosis says two-to-five years if I continue to refuse treatment. I’m not lying.
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England Your England

  • March 17, 2015
  • by Talking Soup
London is undergoing a living crisis. We present two short films courtesy of England Your England that discuss a very modern problem plaguing the city today
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When I Close My Eyes

  • March 17, 2015
  • by Sonia Gandiaga
Short story by Sonia Gandiaga, based on the true story of Pony the Orangutan. Pony was captured and used as a prostitute in a Bornean village until his rescue.
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Politics in Lebanon is a hereditary illness

  • March 17, 2015
  • by Frederick McCraw
The phoenix has won the cockfight, but now it’s limping around in a heap of blood and feathers. Politics in Lebanon is a hereditary illness.
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Running of the Bulls

  • March 2, 2015
  • by Laurence Rivers
Trouser-less and here in rural Spain. This is how the “Carnaval” finished for me.
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Commuter Hell

  • February 9, 2015
  • by Laurence Rivers
Commuter hell. They were supposed to be on strike. I have sunk the best part of a bottle of whiskey in anticipation for travel chaos leading to a day in bed eating toast.
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Lance the gentleman shapeshifter

  • February 8, 2015
  • by Ben Dunant
Down and out in London but way too skint to make it to Paris we introduce lance, the gentleman shapeshifter.
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