Always a family affair, today there were three generations behind the stall, including a woman in her late 20s. A toddler in a torn skirt tugged at her dad, telling him in her inaccurate and swoon-worthy vernacular about her grazed…
Rebecca is an actor and writer. She has performed her first play, Sometimes I Laugh Like My Sister, over 100 times touring the UK, Switzerland and South Africa. She is currently working on her new solo show, Do You Live Alone? She is published by Oberon Books.
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The Unbiddable Hand
My hand freezes, unable to knock. A moment of lucidity. I breathe. I study the hand, hoping it will bring me something. My hand is becoming my mother’s and my mother’s hands are becoming my grandmother’s. Does this imply some…
The Glimpse
Hurtling to the surface from the depth of the Northern Line I think I’ve lost him. For a minute, everything contracts but my face, which contorts into a panicked, liquid misery. But then I see him. He’s crossing the road,…
