Journal
The Land of Great Bliss
My mum drives me to Bristol airport through the early morning, along the dark glossy tarmac of Welsh motorways.
Hug Your Heroes: A week at the Hay Festival
The Hay Festival arrives, and my hometown bursts into multicolour, as chic women and men clamber out of London cars packed to the gills with tents and suitcases.
A Writing Retreat
At the end of February I won a place on a week-long writing retreat at The Arvon Foundation in Shropshire.
American Pioneers: A journey around east coast eco-communities
We are circling the Blue Ridge Mountains in a car packed with sleeping bags, tent, dresses, and emergency granola bars.
Refuge Vow
I took refuge with Lama Shempen in North Wales in May 2016, aged 28.
Lured Away
I am driving four hours south, from Porto in the north of Portugal, to the medieval hilltop town…
Scorpio Baby
It’s Friday evening and the town is quiet. I walk out to Stapleton along an ancient green-lane…
Starbucks
For a while I have felt a hundred years old, out of touch, distracted entirely by…
France
Once upon a time you meandered south, through France…
Full Moon at Felin Uchaf
The beaches here are vast and empty. Mottled pink seaweed catches between bare toes
Deep Clean Summer
I can hear somebody chainsawing up wood, in a garden across the street from my studio…
Ordinary Magic: A Homebirth in Lockdown
April is warm, and brighter than usual, each morning bringing clear skies and bare limbs.
A Comeback
For the last few years I have hidden my words within myself, making way for relationships…