Shoreditch Poems: ‘Apocalypse & Chill’ Jamie Merrick·06/03/2021Another duvet day, Another stubbed out fag in an overcrowded ashtray, If my walls could talk they’d have...
Shoreditch Poetry: ‘The Haggerston Tearoom’ Jamie Merrick·30/07/2019The Haggerston Tearoom Is a curious place Where lonely old men Come To sit alone And feel less...
Shoreditch Poems: ‘The Witching Hour’ Jamie Merrick·04/04/2019The Witching Hour While newly-weds are jungled in their beds and Camden’s randy mandem Slide into your DM’s...
Lesson One Jamie Merrick·05/06/2018‘Jai Guru Deva Om’ Phil needed to calm the fuck down. He had just wished a person a...
Smiley Chops Jamie Merrick·21/05/2018‘With bouncing souls’ Gareth was digging up his flat looking for opportunities to make some quick cash. He...
Happy Shopper Jamie Merrick·13/03/2018‘Clear history from the beginning of time’ Bonty went to the local offie in his lemon yellow sweatshirt....
Death of a F*ckboy Jamie Merrick·17/02/2018‘Mind the shards of broken hearts’ It was London’s ropiest single’s night, ‘Cupid’s Caboose’. A ball for the brokenhearted where...
Snatched Moments in Shoreditch: The Hired Laugh Jamie Merrick·31/07/2017Dickie Bowels has been a comedian for twenty years, working in all environments from pubs and clubs, up...
Snatched Moments in Shoreditch: The Bill Hilly Café Jamie Merrick·18/07/2017“A slight feeling of nausea, that’s all.” The first customer arrived. A grey businessman popping in before work...
Snatched Moments in Shoreditch: The Big Slup Jamie Merrick·03/07/2017“Let’s try the Big Daddy Bwark,” said Brian. Everybody in the restaurant gasped. Astonished whispers then rippled through...
Snatched Moments in Shoreditch: Synthetic Love on a Saturday Night Jamie Merrick·30/11/2016They stood at the bar like two sagging mattresses surveying the nightclub crowd. It was but one of...
Snatched Moments In Shoreditch: Behind the Wine-Stained Curtain Jamie Merrick·01/08/2016‘Legs or hotdogs?’ East London’s ‘old man’ pubs: where lonely old men come to sit alone and feel...