Stories
Update from Lisbon
Hi. It's been a while. 2020, ooof. We had planned to get two issues out this year. Then the pandemic happened, along with a range of related things, both predictable and otherwise. The upshot is that we are still here and excited about our future as a publication. We are retooling and preparing for a relaunch and, at long last, officially moving Fields & Stations to Portugal. Unfortunately, while this is ongoing, our shop is closed. It will reopen soon. The great news is that our next issue is almost done. It's collection of impassioned deeper dives, with stories from...
Welwyn Garden City: Journey to the end of the line
“I dreamt I was torturing my grandkids last night,” says a woman behind the counter of a charity shop, in Welwyn Garden City. She’s around seventy and, by the sounds of it, a heavy smoker. She’s talking to her colleague, a younger, even heavier smoker.
Pago Pago
Say it right: “Pongo Pongo,” usually shortened to “Pongo.” The capital city of American Samoa seamlessly adjoins the neighboring village of Fagatogo, where the territorial legislature and courts are located, all one contiguous small town.
Metaxourgeio Μεταξουργείο
Metaxourgeio – “silk factory” in Greek – sits just west of central Athens. Contrary to its elegant-sounding name, it’s still in the very rough stages of regeneration. A few concrete-and-rebar skeletons may suggest a building boom, but in fact these are abandoned building projects, casualties of the Greek debt crisis.
Larpb padt sandwich, Sydney
Pork rinds and herbs escape from my toasted sourdough sandwich, spilling onto the plate. With such a loose and unruly filling this is a meal to linger over, rather than be swallowed down hastily.