Vicky Grut

Writer, London

Vicky Grut is a writer. Her collection of short stories Live Show, Drink Included (2018) was short-listed for the 2019 Edge Hill Prize. She lives in London.

Written by Vicky Grut

Photo of a red double-decker bus in a city at dusk with a person reading inside pedestrians on the pavement.

FREEDOM AND CHOICE

Why not driving is my own form of resistance

As romantic petrochemical-fuelled narratives slip into the past, I’ve found my own kind of freedom in a life without a car

by Vicky Grut

Vintage photo of a group of women in white dresses lounging outdoors on the grass, with trees in the background.

MEMORY AND NOSTALGIA

In a journey through time I’ve seen the past imprinted on the present

Memory allows us to break free from chronological time, to extend ourselves beyond a single life to embrace earlier generations

by Vicky Grut