Guest contributor Niamh Donnelly is a middle-distance athlete and long-time member of Dublin City Harriers Athletic Club. She competes in cross country, 800m, 1500m and occasionally the 4 x 400m relay. Here, she writes about how to be a woman in sport…
“I see his awful, sad, pain-filled life and it breaks me. It is an indescribable pain to know that your child is living such a horrific existence and causing harm wherever he goes. How could it not be – even partially – my fault? I’m his mother and that’s where blame goes isn’t it?” A mother writes anonymously about how a beloved son became a violent adult.
Life now feels at times like a film, but it isn’t. Fiona Hyde writes about her fractured new reality…
Our guest contributor this issue, Amy Clarkin, has lived with chronic illness for four and a half years. Here, she writes about how much of life in lockdown has long been her norm, that in some ways Covid-19 has made her feel the most ‘normal’ she has in a long time…
Taryn de Vere has been a fan of charity shops since she was a small child. Here, she examines the subversive artistry of pinnies.
Coming from a background of experience with mental illness, Sophie White has some tips for coping with depression in the time of Covid…
