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Weaving is maths. The women who have weaved throughout history paved the way for the computers we know today. Weaving has always worked on the basis of zeros and ones - either the weft (horizontal) thread goes over the warp (vertical) threads or under it. That, at its core, is all that a computer is: a series of zeros and ones. The loom was first to use punch cards - Joseph Marie Jacquard mechanised the loom by designing patterns on squared paper and punching out the plain sq

I’ve been a big fan of Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground for a long time, and stumbled across a post about Lou Reed’s relationship with Rachel Humphreys when I was looking into the inspiration for the album Coney Island Baby. Ever since I discovered Humphreys, and became a little bit obsessed with her, I’ve been listening to a lot of Lou Reed’s music from a different perspective with her in my mind.   Lou Reed is likely best known for being in The Velvet Underground, the ba

You ask if I am happy to see you Well, is it me that asks or you? I cocoon myself underneath you and plead Yes, yes, I have missed you, I am joyous. You are not so sure.   Your mouth manoeuvres an upturning and eyes glisten in a way that says  Darling, I believe you. But I am not so sure.   Perhaps I do miss the way  I used to throw myself into the air  with a fearless gravity. The spinning and bending of body– Flesh as suspension, the air as a vacuum to move through. Perhaps

In 2023 to 2024, I spent most of my gap year working in Miami. During this time, I can remember listening to stories about journeys through jungles, detention centres, and dangerous border crossings that felt like survival more than migration. The people I met and spoke with from these backgrounds were ecstatic to be living the American Dream and working any available job. Now, a couple of years later, these stories echo on global stages, from the Grammys to political rallies