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East of Eden: Tower Hamlets
They call her Sister Act, Father Ted on an off-day. Once a workman yelled, “You dressin’ up, love?” She laughed, tapped her collar, in...
Jon Swales
Jul 27, 20253 min read


East of Eden: Manchester
They say he only works on Sundays, truth is, he works six, and Sunday’s the easiest. Done by noon, maybe even time for a snooze before...
Jon Swales
Jul 27, 20253 min read


East of Eden: El Salvador
He spoke each night on the radio. Crackling across kitchens and darkened barrios, his voice walked through walls, lingered among the...
Jon Swales
Jun 30, 20252 min read


East of Eden: The Last Sermon
East of Eden: The Last Sermon I. Bedside – Gospel She sat by his bedside— hospice light low, steady, the quiet sliced only by distant...
Jon Swales
Jun 30, 20253 min read


East of Eden: Birmingham
Sometimes, not all the time, he doubts. The phone lights up— war in Iran, slaughter in Gaza, climate breakdown racing like a car with no...
Jon Swales
Jun 27, 20253 min read


East of Eden: Blackpool
Once, he worshipped an angry God— the kind who answered before you even asked. A system, disguised as certainty. Grudem on the shelf,...
Jon Swales
Jun 27, 20253 min read


East of Eden: Liverpool
She limps up Brownlow Hill, collar loose, black shirt now greying— bearing the weight of thirty years spent wrestling with grace. She was...
Jon Swales
Jun 27, 20253 min read
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