A Suitcase, a Century
On the launch of The Quiet That Remains, and why small stories matter now.
The Current
Essays from the studio - on clarity, evidence, and endurance. A small shelf of on-site pieces worth keeping, plus the latest writing from Substack.
Occasional notes - never more than twice a month.
How to read
Some essays are kept here on the site. New work is also published on Substack. If you’re new, start with the founding note - then follow the thread into the book.
Start here: the founding note, or the book The Quiet That Remains.
Selected essays
Unquiet Echoes
On peace proposals, concessions, and the historical patterns Ukrainians recognise.
An Introduction
The Desk and the Stream - a statement of purpose: clarity, evidence, endurance.
The shelf is curated. The full on-site archive is below.
On-site archive
A Small Story from a Small Receipt
A 1954 receipt from exile London, an alias that stops the eye, and what a small document can reveal about discipline, belonging, and memory.
How to Read a Family Archive
On documents, memory, and silence — and how family archives shape what survives, and what quietly disappears.
The Story and the Archive
A free archival reconstruction about exile, documents, and what remains when the record is thin.
A Suitcase, a Century
On the launch of The Quiet That Remains, and why small stories matter now.
Unquiet Echoes
On peace proposals, concessions, and the historical patterns Ukrainians recognise.
An Introduction
The Desk and the Stream - a statement of purpose: clarity, evidence, endurance.