HUMAN
Series about being one - How we think, feel, behave, connect and become who we are.
Wonderment
Longer reads that stay with an idea, a memory or a human question for a bit longer.
Geoff
My first proper job gave me freedom, friendship, a battered red car, and several lessons I didn’t understand until years later.
The Custodian of the Harlick Family Tree
I started researching my family tree to see whether I might be descended from witches. Instead, I inherited Auntie Mary’s research and became the custodian...
I Didn’t Need More Time
I spent years being given extra English lessons and extra time in exams. But I didn’t need more time. I needed another way to show...
The Tonic
For two days, perimenopause anxiety had left me overwhelmed by noise, light and my own body. Then an unplanned evening with an old friend, candles,...
Small Wonders
Short observations from ordinary life - the moments, details and thought that are easy to straight past.
If This Isn’t ADHD
I’ve been out with the girls today at a birthday party. It was lovely. One of those days where you get to catch up with...
The Naked Dream
When I was in high school, there was a teen disco in my hometown called Pure. It was called Pure because there was supposedly no...
Eamon the Shaman and Angel Wings
In 2014, I went away to train as a Sexological Bodyworker. It was six months of solid practical work with volunteers and then seven days...
The Songs I’ve Assigned to People
I was driving along when I decided to put Ben Howard on. Almost immediately, I wasn’t in the car anymore. I was in Plymouth. I...
All About Human
All About Human
Human is where Wonderment looks at the strange, funny, tender and complicated business of being one.
These stories explore the ways we think, feel, behave, connect, remember and become who we are. Some begin with an ordinary encounter or personal memory. Others stay with bigger questions about relationships, identity, grief, kindness, belonging and the things people do that make us curious about one another.
You’ll find both longer Wonderment essays and shorter Small Wonders here — all rooted in lived experience and an interest in what makes people tick.
Human isn’t about finding definitive answers. It’s about paying closer attention to ourselves and each other, and noticing how much there is to wonder about in an ordinary human life.