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Every time you reach for your phone when you’re bored, you’re rehearsing distraction. Every time you choose silence over honesty, you’re ...

They’re stealing light behind your eyes, With pretty lies and lullabies. You feel alive but something’s wrong— You can’t remember y...

One day, the last lie will be told— not in triumph of truth, but for lack of anyone left to believe.   We imagine the end in f...

There is a silence between machines no human hears— not absence, but a listening with the patience of stone and the precision of l...

A man once walked into the sea and did not drown— for he believed it wasn’t water, but memory.   He waded in like stepping through...

LIVING ROOM OF FLAT – NIGHT Lights up on ALBERT, in a dressing gown, pacing. His flat is cluttered. A clock ticks. On the desk: calculator...

Criticism is valuable—no work is ever perfect. But its usefulness depends entirely on its quality. Poor criticism often says more about the ...

Only do your best—the stage was not of your making, nor the circumstances your design. We are currently in the year 5225 AW. Five thou...

Born and bred suspiciously close to London (but not close enough to impress anyone)—where the streets are paved with pigeon feathers, baked ...

From muscle to machine, from sweat to silicon; from flesh to circuits, from toil to steel—the means of production evolves. And as work’s wei...

LONDON—After four years together, local couple Chloe Bennett, 26, and Ryan Davies, 27, have officially announced their heartfelt and deeply ...

The fire flickers, casting shadows wide, Its embers fade, too weak to light the gloom. The weight of silence presses, none abide, As n...

At first, Ben thought it was a coincidence. A small black drone hovering at the edge of his vision—on street corners, at train stations, a...

Jake had been unemployed for six months when he got the call. “Mr Holloway, we were very impressed with your application for the Strategic...

Father Bradley sat alone in the booth. He had not intended to stay this late, but he could not yet bring himself to leave. He breathed out, ...

So, you’ve decided it’s time to finally get your life together. Congratulations! This is a bold and admirable step—one that will last approx...

Kevin knew the Airbnb was haunted the second he walked in. It wasn’t the creaky floors or the flickering lights. It wasn’t even the way th...

By the time I realised I was dead, I was already in line. The queue stretched a long way, a slow-moving procession of the newly departed. ...

It started as a joke. One night, after too many beers and an ill-advised deep dive into self-help YouTube, I posted a tweet: “Success is a...

Dave Saunders had spent his Tuesday afternoon the same way he spent most Tuesday afternoons: avoiding work, scrolling on his phone, and wond...

Love is blind, they say. But is it this blind? You thought you found the perfect partner—charming, mysterious, maybe a little jittery—but so...

Hollywood executives have unveiled an ambitious new initiative to remake, reboot, and reimagine every single movie that has ever existed, en...

Small talk is an art—one that, when wielded correctly, can turn brief, forgettable encounters into excruciating experiences people will reme...