Hounslow

Charlie Bertsch / 29 Apr 2026

Listening to Where We Live

Outsidergrad, by Joel Schalit and Duncan Simpson

Even in a city’s privileged neighbourhoods, we navigate a world of sound too complex to process consciously. But things are far worse in its less favoured parts.(...)

Politics

Joel Schalit / 29 Mar 2024

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Aperture Priorities Contact Sheet #13

I grew up in a secular household. For my parents, Judaism was a culture, not a faith. They got their religion through Zionism to the degree that they understood it.(...)

Politics

Joel Schalit / 31 Jul 2023

Growing Up With London

Then and Now

I first moved to London when I was ten. My father, a fifty-six-year-old widower, had gotten married to an Israeli expat, and his partner lived in the city.(...)

Listening to Where We Live

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Growing Up With London

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