Voices of the City

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by Julian Mercer I used to think of death as something that happened elsewhere. Not in my apartment. Not in my hands. Not on a quiet Tuesday morning with the sound of buses and coffee machines rising through an open window. Death belonged to hospitals, highways, forests, and farms. As an urban person, I was buffered from it by concrete, convenience, and the illusion of permanence. And then my bird died. He was small and luminous, all quick movements and bright eyes—barely a h

By Henry Callow There are many places in modern life that claim to offer relaxation: yoga studios with curated calm, spas scented within an inch of their lives, cafés where the music is chosen to sound like nobody has a pulse. Yet somehow, despite all the deliberate tranquillity on offer, it’s the pub — noisy, lived-in, unpredictable — that remains one of the great refuges for people who genuinely want to unwind. At first glance, it shouldn’t make sense. Pubs are social, room