I (Cass) had the pleasure of working with Martin Liu as a mentor, editor, and book coach while he was writing After Troy: Classical Short Stories . The book was published in November, and our collaboration spanned almost a year of generating, revision, conversation, and exploration, sometimes focused on craft, and other times drifting into broader questions about literature, education, creativity, and what it means to write. You can purchase After Troy: Classical Short Storie

Steps etched into mountains, incensed air fragrant and an identity pulled between East & West make Tbilisi a city of contrasts. Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia is, much like the rest of the country, arcane*. A sense of primordial continuity is evident in the simple walks down the street that are illuminated by signs in the Georgian language which, in itself is extremely old. A sense of national and social identity is tied to religious identity. In essence what it means to be

Quarterly, sometimes monthly, list of House music and its subgenres new and old encapsulating the Fahmidan Slush vibe by EIC A.R.Arthur. Summer becomes autumn Body & Soul - Tony Lionni Soulful Deep House Vertu - Janeret Ethereal journey Deep House Feelin - Janeret Groovy (semi progressive) Deep House All The Love- Traumer Progressive House Back of the Club- Omar+ #BritishHouseMusic Groovy Club House The Process Is The Good Part- Geods Sorèd Melodic Deep House Tomorrow is Anot

“Who Remembers the Armenians?” I remember them and I ride the nightmare bus with them each night and my coffee, this morning I’m drinking it with them You, murderer - Who remembers you? - Najwan Darwish In 2024, nearly one year into the most recent genocide in Palestine, my clothing sparked a politically charged encounter with an older woman at a bookstore. A black t-shirt from Books to Prisoners, with a quote from Eugene Debs reading “while there is a lower class I am in it.

It’s 2025 and the burden of the patriarchy is weighing heavily on those who choose to wield it at will, apply it when they deem necessary. The rise of the framing and nature of the so called ‘male loneliness epidemic’ is particularly intriguing to me as it is both used by supposed ‘hyper-masculine’ influencers to advocate for greater male domination and a return to a conservative past, however, in victimising themselves, these harbingers of traditional patriarchy become the v

The Bakker‑Schut Plan, also known as the Groot-Nederland Plan, was a Dutch proposal developed in the aftermath of World War II to annex parts of northwestern Germany as compensation for wartime damage. Spearheaded by the Dutch territorial commission led by the bureaucrat and technocrat Frits Bakker Schut, the plan envisioned significantly expanding the Netherlands’ borders as a means of reparation or compensation, as it was argued for German aggression inflicted on the Kingdo

The Labour Government will be lowering the voting age to 16 at the next general election, effectively making the biggest electoral change since the UK voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 by the Representation of the People Act 1969, which came into effect on 1 January 1970 and first applied in the June general election of that year. Some fifty-five years have now elapsed, and this decision seems to reflect some warped form of social justice concerning “working 16- year-olds,

From street cars, to winding hills just barely set up for the postmodern world it now exists in. Here, in these arcane stoned ways, modern vehicles intermingle with sore tourists beaten by Summer Sol and worn by coastal humidity intertwined with the ever-abundant scent of the Jacaranda tree throughout urban area. Take an Uber or a Bolt from the airport. It was €10 and fully worth it rather than struggling on blisteringly hot public transport. I only had a whole day to explore

There are very few decisions we are forced to live with for long lengths of time. A handful of choices that feel permanent, irreversible. Daytime television will tell you that you can always walk away. But it’s not that simple. Some knots can’t be undone. Sometimes decisions bind us so tightly that we struggle to breath. We can’t let loose the cords that connect us. Relationships are complicated because people are complicated. We are told that some choices are simple. Organic

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