Cuba Travelogue for Lunate Journal

Posted On October 9, 2025 By jadeangelesfitton In Articles, Culture, Nature, Travel /   No Comments

Since I travelled around Cuba back in 2022, I’d wanted the freedom to write a travelogue about that experience, as I could not find an honest representation of the reality of travelling in Cuba in any of the national publications – and none would offer the word count required to depict the country’s complexities. I was very lucky to be offered that by the brilliant and beautiful Lunate Journal. The piece was published in their final edition earlier this year, and it is one of my favourite pieces that I’ve written to date. It’s no longer available to buy (I’m late to post, as ever). But if you’d like a copy, please get in touch, I can ask the editors if they have any copies still available.

Cuba,

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Article For The Guardian

Posted On August 1, 2021 By jadeangelesfitton In Articles, Culture, Nature /  

For The Guardian, I wrote about how the rural housing crisis  has been exacerbated by the pandemic. This stretches all the way from Devon and Cornwall to the Hebrides. It’s so much worse than I thought it was, and I knew it was bad. Second homes have become a major problem—if you have a second home in an area where there’s a housing crisis you should be renting it (affordably) to the people who are currently being made homeless. Let’s hope something changes, fast. To read it, click here.

 

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Essay For Litro Magazine

Posted On August 29, 2020 By jadeangelesfitton In Articles, Nature /  

I think this might be one of my favourite pieces I’ve written. I wrote about the fallen raven chick I thought was a rook and adopted, Rookie the raven. About how the strong bonds we create with our pets (whatever they may be) means they are usually our first, lasting experience of deep emotion. Also featuring strange pets and extravagant funerals from Percival Everett, Virgil and Mozart. Read here.

       Me and Rookie the Raven

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