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On being experimental (and seeing you on Thursday evening)
Register for our first foray into co-working this Thursday evening at 7.30pm and an inspiring little thought droplet from neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le…
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Mar 24, 2025
Positive Changes
Introducing an exciting new Substack project and making a few important alterations to this old one...
Feb 28, 2025
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This time last year
A reflection on an old diary entry and a year out of treatment.
Dec 17, 2024
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Chemo Curls
A monologue
Sep 24, 2024
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Turf Turners
Photo series documenting the diminishing practice of turf cutting in rural Ireland
Apr 10, 2024
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Chloë King
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The Older Woman and the Heron
Feb 1, 2024
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Chemo Curls
Sep 24, 2024
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Returning to the Water
Feb 11, 2024
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Primark 'Cares'
Mar 23, 2024
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Primark 'Cares'
A hot take on Primark's new Menopause range
Mar 23, 2024
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The Trouble with Options
An archive thought piece first published ten years ago, blimey! Just as well I have everything sussed now...
Feb 29, 2024
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Returning to the Water
How I discovered it's never too late to learn to swim
Feb 11, 2024
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The Older Woman and the Heron
On The Boy and the Heron and standing at the threshold of cronedom
Feb 1, 2024
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Issue 04: The Convalescent, Spaghetti Sticks, In Praise of Audiobooks
Inside: Gwen John's The Convalescent, the poem 'Spaghetti Sticks', a thought for the week and three audiobook recommendations for summer 2023
Aug 20, 2023
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Chloë King
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Issue 03: Belmullet Mile, A Love Poem, The Wrong Place
Inside: a shorter newsletter for the August bank holiday. Four photos, a poem and a thought for the week
Aug 6, 2023
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Chloë King
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Issue 02: Swim Camp, Poires Belle Helene, On Horizontalism
Inside: a short story, a poem and a thought for the week
Jul 23, 2023
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Chloë King
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Swim Camp
A short story about an incident at the swimming pool
Jul 21, 2023
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Issue 01: The Sauna, Are You Strong Enough and The Red of My Blood
This debut newsletter features a short story about a sauna as well as the poem Are You Strong Enough? and a review of The Red of My Blood by Clover…
Jul 7, 2023
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The Fishwife
Without my prescription goggles on, it took a while for me to figure out that The Fishwife is a place for my writing about the sea, swimming and breast cancer survivorship.
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