Scrievenis: Gordon Darroch's reading and writing space
Making things up since 1837. Contact me at gordonwrotesomething [at] gordondarroch.com
Magteld in 2008, aged 32 Why do we say of people who have died that they are no longer with us? Magteld ceased to exist physically 12 years ago today, but she is still intensely with us – not just in our thoughts, but in the photographs hanging in the house that she chose for … Continue reading With us
The national Covid memorial wall in London on its first anniversary in The outbreak of hantavirus on a Dutch cruise ship in the South Atlantic has stirred up painful suppressed memories of the Covid-19 pandemic. The dominant response on social media has been “oh no, not again” or “I’m not joining in this time”, along … Continue reading A week of remembering and forgetting