Jamie Jackson

Joined June 2020

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Between two skies and towards the night.

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Wine Is for Grown-Ups but I Drink It Anyway
I didn't enjoy wine for the longest time. Along with olives, pickled onions and grapefruit I figured it was just one of those things you just grew into, grown-up foodstuffs to be consumed by grown-ups guests at dinner parties while talking about books, art and the stock market.
By Jamie Jackson5 years ago in Feast
Solitude, Snow and The Glacial Call of the Wild. Top Story - December 2020.
When I was 23, I finished university and got an admin job in local government. My friends, on the other hand, went travelling.
By Jamie Jackson5 years ago in Wander
2020 Emancipated Me from Corporate Hell
My job evaporated under the glare of the global pandemic. 19 years of corporate diligence ended by an invisible virus that side-stepped borders and overturned social convention.
By Jamie Jackson5 years ago in Journal
One Man's Search for Meaning Through Spotify and The Iron
Here's my ultimate gym playlist. I've cultivated and curated it over a number of years. It's fine-tuned, each song has a meaning, each track fulfils a role. The Spotify preview only shows 100 songs, but it's over 300 long, a perfect 26 hours of hard-earned music that you'll never have to stray from again. This is your one-stop motivational fix.
By Jamie Jackson5 years ago in Longevity
Self-Harm, Self-Blame and Self-Healing
I was half-way through a telephone conversation when I got the idea to cut myself. One hand was on the cold payphone receiver, the other rotating a closed lock-knife in my jacket pocket.
By Jamie Jackson5 years ago in Psyche
I Didn't Believe in Ghosts Until This Happened
In 2016, photographer Adam Smith took some photos of an abandoned long-stay asylum in Wales, United Kingdom, when his camera caught a blurry apparition staring back at him from an upstairs window.
By Jamie Jackson5 years ago in Horror
10 Comedian One Liners That Will Make You Laugh and Then Go Woah
Comedy is a vehicle for truth. Under the guise of a joke, jesters would lampoon their monarchs without fear of becoming one head shorter.
By Jamie Jackson5 years ago in Geeks
Man's Best Friend Is My Best Friend
Ever heard the Cat Stevens song he wrote about loving his dog as much as his partner? He sings: I love my dog as much as I love you // But you may fade, my dog will always come through
By Jamie Jackson5 years ago in Petlife
A Quick Rant about Record Store Day
Usually, the third Saturday of every April brings with it the much-celebrated Record Store Day (from herein referred to as RSD because I'm lazy).
By Jamie Jackson5 years ago in Beat
“Enough with the Ticker-Tok”. Top Story - August 2020.
I’m not a big fan of TikTok. I’m 42. It’s not that technology confuses me, I’m from the generation that went from analogue tapes and spin-dial telephones to digital streaming and iPhones in just over a decade; adapting to technological change is in my blood.
By Jamie Jackson5 years ago in Families
The Sanctuary of Soho Square
It was December and Christmas had spilt into central London. Streets were adorned with festive lights and illuminated adverts hung across roads, casting patterns of colour upon wet pavements as Xanthe walked down Charing Cross Road.
By Jamie Jackson5 years ago in Psyche
The Diner Where Time Stands Still
“Hello, don't panic, you’re dead.” said the voice. Keating looked up from the laminated menu he'd been staring at for who knows how long, its printed writing obscured by the strip-lighting bouncing off its scratched plastic covering.
By Jamie Jackson5 years ago in Horror