always

The November Letter

Dear Damsels, The theme for November is ALWAYS. Limitless, stretched out ahead, constant. You can find it in the reassuring habits that tell you you’re home,… Read More

All The Places Her Hands Had Been

Emily Norton's affecting short story presents how easily 'always' can be taken away, and the fragility of a promise made. Read More

The Pocket Watch

Amy Clarkin on how losing a precious pocket watch prompted her to realise that 'always' is a promise that cannot – and perhaps should not – be kept. Read More

Those Days

By Nadia Henderson

'The old me lives in a box under the bed.' Read More

Sometimes

Molly Alessandra Cooper writes about the anxiety that can come with the simple routines in life when you're always trying to do better. Read More

Constancy

Always is strange, wistful, and hard to believe in. Sarah Little's short story is about a girl trying to convince herself otherwise. Read More

‘If you ask me I will lie’ & ‘The seasons speak; sometimes I listen’

Teeter between transience and permanence with two tense poems by St. James. Read More

Winter is Always . . .

Say what you want about winter, at least it's a season you can rely on. Claire Gillespie recalls all the things that this chilly time of year mean to her. Read More

C.M.V.

Fall in deep with Sam Naomi's piece on her love, and how 'always' to her means being able to look into the same pair of eyes for the rest of her life. Read More

The Long Dance

Sarah Yeung steps back from the ceaseless movement of the city to consider what came before, in our Friday poem. Read More