Advertise on podcast: Audio Stories by The Spill

It’s our favourite time of the year: when the editorial team gathers to share the books we’re most looking forward to reading over the next twelve months. Author: The Spill Category: Arts Listen to the full story, or read it⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠online⁠⁠⁠⁠. For more Environment stories, head to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thespillmag.com/tag/arts

Takukam’ story threads together ecology, technology, culture, and disability rights, and at its centre, a commitment to resisting erasure. Author: Chourouk Gorrab Category: Culture Listen to the full story, or read it⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠online⁠⁠⁠⁠. For more Environment stories, head to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thespillmag.com/tag/culture

530. That is the number of days since I have written a piece. As I rage-scroll through my previously published work, it dawns on me that this is my own doing. Author: Jennifer Hakim Category: SELF Listen to the full story, or read it⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠online⁠⁠⁠⁠. For more Environment stories, head to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thespillmag.com/tag/self/

COP30 will take place this November in Brazil, a country that has become over the years a global symbol of Indigenous resistance to land grabs, deforestation, and extractive capitalism. Author: Chourouk Gorrab Category: ENVIRONMENT Listen to the full story, or read it⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠online⁠⁠⁠. For more Environment stories, head to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thespillmag.com/tag/environment/

To love a place is to decolonise. Author: Bowie Yin Sum Kung Category: Environment, Self Listen to the full story, or read it⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠online⁠⁠⁠. For more Environment stories, head to⁠ https://www.thespillmag.com/tag/environment/

At a time when DEI is being rolled back and marginalised voices are under threat, this interview is a reminder that resistance isn’t always loud, but is always present. An Interview with Barbara Kennedy-Brown of Fashion Minority Alliance (FMA). Author: Chourouk Gorrab Category: CULTURE Listen to the full story, or read it⁠⁠ ⁠⁠online⁠⁠. For more Culture stories, head to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thespillmag.com/tag/culture/

Céline Semaan challenges us to rethink everything we’ve been taught to aspire to: fashion, education, even the idea of womanhood itself.

"When Instagram becomes the mirror through which we view ourselves, the relentless pursuit of a cinched waist, lean muscles, or the “slim-thick” physique portrayed by influencers can lead to an unhealthy obsession with unrealistic beauty standards." Author: Tade Category: LIFE Listen to the full story, or read it⁠⁠ ⁠online⁠. For more Life stories, head to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thespillmag.com/tag/life/

This is part three, and the final chapter of our second Fiction story, "Swept Up" by Rhea Dhanbhoora, released as a weekly series throughout this month of September.  "A security guard scurries out of the safe confines of the little stone cottage by the gate to check whether it’s been properly padlocked. The old lady in the floral headscarf nods from the crack in her lace curtains as he squints up to the tall biscuit-coloured building for approval, before scurrying back into the cottage where intercoms click and hiss in terror." Author: Rhea DhanbhooraCategory: FICTIONListen to the full story, or read it⁠⁠ ⁠online⁠.For more Fiction stories, head to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thespillmag.com/tag/fiction/

This is part two of our second Fiction story, "Swept Up" by Rhea Dhanbhoora, released as a weekly series throughout this month of September. "Wet earth masks the smell of trouble brewing outside, and you ignore the slight whiff of tension in the air, breathe in the familiar memory of white desi corn, sprinkled with chilli and lime." Author: Rhea Dhanbhoora Category: FICTION Listen to the full story, or read it⁠⁠ ⁠online⁠. For more Fiction stories, head to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thespillmag.com/tag/fiction/

This is part one of our second Fiction story, "Swept Up" by Rhea Dhanbhoora, released as a weekly series throughout this month. "Trees are felled and walls crumble, but you swing back on your rocker, convinced it’s just a phase." Author: Rhea Dhanbhoora Category: FICTION Listen to the full story, or read it⁠⁠ ⁠online⁠. For more Fiction stories, head to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thespillmag.com/tag/fiction/

This growing tide of racism and Islamophobia, often masked as patriotism, is both appalling and infuriating. Author: Chourouk Gorrab Category: POLITICS Listen to the full story, or read it⁠⁠ ⁠online⁠. For more Politics-related stories, head to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thespillmag.com/tag/politics

Here are 5 essential shows, films and podcasts about and by Palestinians, sharing their authentic perspectives and history. Author: The Spill Category: CULTURE Listen to the full story, or read it⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠online⁠⁠⁠.   For more Culture-related stories, head to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thespillmag.com/tag/culture

Newsletter heaven is where I now reside, and I find myself smiling at my phone a lot more than I used to. Author: Jennifer Hakim Category: CULTURE Listen to the full story, or read it⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠online⁠⁠.   For more Culture-related stories, head to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thespillmag.com/tag/culture

Where are the limits of help, and the beginnings of harm? Such is the premise of Multiple Casualty Incident, by Sami Ibrahim, hitting the Yard Theatre, Hackney Wick on 27th April 2024. Author: The Spill Category: ARTS  Listen to the full story, or read it⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠online⁠⁠.   For more Arts-related stories, head to⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thespillmag.com/tag/arts