Catherine T DavidsonWords for the SilencedOn March 11, I sat in an audience of people spilling out of a gallery room at Regent’s University in London, listening to Nazanin…4 min read·Mar 21, 2024----
Catherine T DavidsoninExiled Writers InkLonging at a London Arts CentreIt was a rainy Thursday in the middle of October. If you believe in energy fields, you could say that the whole city of London was subdued…5 min read·Oct 27, 2023----
Catherine T DavidsonHanif Kureishi & Me“Have you read Hanif Kureishi’s blog?” my friend Maryam asked me in January, on one of our occasional former roommate calls, checking in…6 min read·Sep 22, 2023----
Catherine T DavidsoninILLUMINATIONNature Table with Sue Perkins, BBC Four Extra (Poem)June 21 20231 min read·Jun 21, 2023----
Catherine T DavidsonReading in the FamilyMy mother had too many books in her house in Los Angeles. In London, I am the same. I try my best to clear them out regularly, taking them…6 min read·May 12, 2023----
Catherine T DavidsonIn Madrid, Thinking About UnionsAs soon as I got off the plane in Madrid, I felt the sadness of our national divorce. I was coming in to spend the weekend with my American…5 min read·Apr 23, 2023----
Catherine T DavidsonNotes from Now: Travelling to Newcastle with Iris DeMentOn the train ride from London to Newcastle, listening to the new Iris DeMent album, her first song, Workin’on a World, filled me. The…·5 min read·Mar 3, 2023----
Catherine T DavidsoninWriters in the Dark LondonPathetic Fallacy is Real: Our April 1st Writing in the Dark ExerciseThe first day of April in London was like the last day in March: a blindingly bright blue sky crossed with suddenly dark clouds, snow…4 min read·Apr 4, 2022----
Catherine T DavidsoninWriters in the Dark LondonZuihitsu: text that drifts like a cloudOutside the window the sky a fast-changing sequence of cloud, dark and light, and bright, blue sky. The wind swishes the tall underwater…3 min read·Feb 18, 2022----
Catherine T DavidsoninWriters in the Dark LondonA New Kind of Family PhotographI am going through the photographs, trying to find images to post to my husband’s office calendar. This year, he did not go into the office…·3 min read·Dec 17, 2021----