Written by Misbah
This idea came to me on my way home from work. Every day, I pass a small, ancient church on the grounds of a school. A plaque told me it had been around for centuries. Around the side, there’s a small door that clearly hasn’t been used for years, and suddenly I was transported to this place in my mind. In that place stood a church, surrounded by ivy, oak, and twisted yew trees, and I found myself wondering: How lonely must that church feel, abandoned for so long?
Written by Olivia
I wrote this piece based on one of the weird, unintelligible thoughts I’d written down in my notes app as writing inspiration. I wasn’t entirely sure where it was going at first, but once I started writing, it became clear what I wanted to critique: the use of generative AI in creative spaces. Generative AI cannot create; it can only steal. Through horror imagery, I hope I have portrayed that clearly. When generative AI is used, a theft has been committed.
Written by Olivia, Nina, Joshua, Alice, Brooke & Ananda
Written by Alice
A poem about the true fate of one of Shakespeare's most tragic heroines. Ophelia’s fate is not one of idle spinsterhood and cats, as a certain showgirl would say, but a fate many women know in some way, shape or form — a life dictated by the patriarchy, until it drives you to madness.
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