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Field Notes.

Stories, observations and ideas from the Wild City.

From long-form essays and field notes to poetry and photography, Field Notes brings together the writing that shapes our thinking. It is a place to explore urban nature, creativity and the overlooked stories hidden within the everyday city.

Far more articles, poems and stories are available in the hard copy of our WILD CITY zine, available via the SHOP.

Latest.

10 field notes
A graffitied concrete wall standing alone in scrub and dry grass at Canvey Wick.
Latest ·№ 037·Aug 2026·Photo essay

Canvey Wick.

An accidental brownfield rainforest on the Thames estuary — where an abandoned oil refinery became one of the most biodiverse square metres in the UK.

An ink illustration of a horned figure seated among deer and serpents, surrounded by wild growth.
№ 036·Aug 2026·Essay

The God of the Wild.

On Cernunnos, the horned god of the old land, and the wild magic that rises through the cracks of the modern city.

Black-and-white photograph of a DJ booth cut by beams of light, hands raised in the crowd.
№ 034·Jun 2026·Essay

Under One Rhythm.

House music as nature connection: rediscovering the sacred on a city dancefloor, where DJs act as modern shamans.

Two faded white rectangles painted on cracked tarmac, leading toward the estuary and distant power station.
№ 035·Jul 2026·Photo essay

Ramsgate Hoverport.

A winter walk across the abandoned Ramsgate hovercraft port — cracked concrete, salt-bleached scrub, and the estuary rewilding what industry left behind.

Black-and-white photograph of a crowd in a dim corridor, one figure in a white hat catching the light.
№ 033·Jun 2026·Essay

The Corridor.

In the crush of a corridor, a DJ becomes a shaman and a revolution is whispered into being.

Black-and-white photograph of a sunlit garden stream with rocks, trees, and a stone wall.
№ 032·May 2026·Poem

The Garden.

A poem about gardening in the city, finding quiet in decayed walls, and the shared humanity at the edge of a pond.

Ink-wash illustration of a figure in workwear overalls, part of a zine spread titled The Aesthetic of Effort.
№ 031·Apr 2026·Essay

The Aesthetic of Effort.

From workwear to streetwear — how the clothes built for labour became a luxury aesthetic, and why the question still hits: what are you working on?

Silhouette of a bird taking flight from a telegraph pole criss-crossed with wires against a pale sky.
№ 030·Mar 2026·Poem

The Birds.

A poem about starlings, dusk, and the impossible beauty that pins us to the earth.

Black-and-white photograph of a concrete external staircase against a pale wall, empty and monumental.
№ 029·Feb 2026·Essay

Wastelandz.

From a BMX in Derby to a garden-design practice — how burnt-out cars, brook-side wanderings, and the New Topographic movement became a way of seeing the city as nature.

Graffiti-covered concrete posts on top of the Beckton Alps, with the Canary Wharf skyline in the distance.
№ 028·Jan 2026·Field notes

The Beckton Alps.

A 36m pile of gas-works waste, once a dry ski slope, now a spiked-off bastion of wild ecology above the A13. Notes on alchemy, abandonment and the panoramic view east.

The Archive.

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A Gladesmore student smiling in front of a graffiti wall.
№ 027·Dec 2025·Field notes

Gladesmore Gardening Crew #1.

Friday lunchtimes with Emma Beale and the crew from Gladesmore Community School — newts, Japanese wine berries and a garden that might, one day, be as big as Kew.