On Rathlin Island by Dara McAnulty
After dinner, song bursts from every corner of the sky and we stop to listen in the twilight.
March 31, 2020Running for the Trees by Suzanne Joinson
It seems to me that in these last days the trees have expanded. Their presence – always noble and impressive – has increased, deepened.
March 24, 2020Gutted Arcades by Jeff Young
And I’m walking with him. He’s still haunting the city after all these years, since he left the place and never returned.
March 9, 2020Interpreter of the Dream by Alex Woodcock
I was lying in bed, the room exactly the same. There was some light, suggesting morning, a sort of grey and translucent light.
February 10, 2020Ancient Hollow Grief by Kerri ní Dochartaigh
All is not lost. There is still time. We are still here, and we must remember that it is in the day to day living that we must change things…
February 3, 2020FOUNDLE by Tanya Shadrick, Jo Sweeting and Louisa Thomsen Brits
The chisel is held loosely in the hand so that it can strike the stone and transmit its voice through depth and out into air. A clear ring is heard which sings and resonates.
January 27, 2020Seeking the trees: a rewilding diary by Emily Warner
the deer are the engineers of the forest, they hold the key to its destiny, yet themselves rely upon it…
January 21, 2020What flows beneath: an interview with Tom Bolton
London is inexhaustible. It’s a place you can never truly get to the bottom of.
January 6, 2020Artefact: A footnote by Jo Sweeting
I have carved words every day for years: on the skin, into the body of stone.
December 4, 2019Learning a Stone by Beatrice Searle
I wait a few seconds and tap along the line again then pause to hear the sound emitted by the stone.
December 4, 2019Artefact: The Explosives Factory by Louise Kenward
The land holds their memory. His films remind me of times I hadn’t known and don’t remember.
December 3, 2019Artefact: Church of the Storms by Alex Woodcock
The branch of a tree scraped against the window, breaking my reminiscence.
December 2, 2019
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THE CLEARING is an online journal published by Little Toller Books that offers writers and artists a dedicated space in which to explore and celebrate the landscapes we live in. Our contributors are encouraged to go forth and find distinctive visions that startle us, rural or urban, modern or prehistoric, industrial, post-industrial, fantastical, natural, political, however they come. But each must be meaningful, surprising, felt.
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