By Emma Cassie Edited by Lizzie Alblas Like many shy or awkward kids, I spent my lunchtimes at school in the classroom of my favourite teachers. This for me was the music room. Five years after leaving school I reached out to one of my former music teachers, Scott Richardson…

By Shannon Pendleton Edited by Lizzie Alblas Joining the army was always a no-brainer for my dad: ‘Since I was eight years old, I wanted to join the army. Growing up, my father was in the army so that was all I knew. It was instinctive for me. I grew…

By Mengchen Guan Edited by Lizzie Alblas This interview was originally in Chinese and has been translated by me. All photos are sourced from Da Zhong Dian Ping. ‘I like going out, and I like every customer who come to the café, my cozy cave. …

By Sakshi Rawal Edited by Lizzie Alblas This interview was originally in Gujarati interspersed with English. It has been translated by me. All paintings and drawings featured in this article were created by Dipak Rawal. I recognize the hands on my screen. They are moving in slow concentric circles, with…

By Botond Farago Edited by Lizzie Alblas Portland Coffee bustles as Lydia Sanders and I stand in line for a beverage. We chat off-hand about the content of our previous seminar and as our orders are called out, we take a seat at a table and I set up. …

By Hannah Laker Edited by Lizzie Alblas On a Friday afternoon, things are winding down, pints are poured and the weekend is imminent for most. But for Head Chef Joe Laker, his working week is only really just gaining momentum. Point proven as he pops onto the screen in his…

By Sakshi Rawal Edited by Lizzie Alblas This post and poem has been written by Sakshi Rawal, a placement student with The Letters Page, in response to her own research into letter writing. Every line of this poem has been taken from a letter written by Vincent Van Gogh to…

By Hannah Laker Edited by Lizzie Alblas Picture this. A flat in Tokyo, situated ten minutes from the city centre, inhabited by a teacher or a marketing executive. Now imagine them sitting in an open window reading your letter, the one you once posted to us. Or what about someone…

By Sakshi Rawal Edited by Lizzie Alblas Charles Darwin wrote a letter to Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1844 in which he said: “At last gleams of light have come, & I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a…