Memoir
Memoir
idea
What I learned about coping and resilience from asteroid Bennu
After hitting an emotional low, I found myself identifying with an asteroid that looks deceptively solid on the outside
by Elizabeth Landau
Freedom and choice
idea
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
Memoir
guide
How to heal through life writing
Learning to write about trauma helps you to process the painful experience, and gives you the life skills to overcome it
by Uddipana Goswami
Love
film
Each love story is its own small universe. This is Essence and Jihaari’s
Directed by Barry Jenkins
Love
idea
What I’ve learned about relationships as an agony uncle
I am an agony uncle. This is what I’ve learned about men, women and how relationships work in my 10 years of giving advice
by James McConnachie
Memoir
idea
Learn the art of journaling and archive your life
Journaling is an art and a daily practice that allows you to write your life and find your way, one sentence at a time
by Sarah Boon
Identity
film
An A to Z survey of Black culture makes for an eclectic exploration of identity
Directed by Topaz Jones and Rubberband
Memoir
idea
If madness is like drowning, then writing is my raft ashore
I imagine madness as a kind of watery death, like Ophelia’s. The only way I can get to safety is by writing myself ashore
by Azania Imtiaz Khatri-Patel
Psychoanalysis and the unconscious
idea
The power of slow therapy, revealed in two pioneering memoirs
Two therapy memoirs by Lucy Freeman, an overlooked mental health pioneer, remind us of the value of slow, convoluted therapy
by Elliot Jurist
Identity
film
A retired character actor contemplates what it’s like to get lost in a stereotype
Directed by Vera Brunner-Sung