Charles Buttle

Home-Start Camden & Islington •

The Importance of Friendship in Adulthood

As children, friendships often blossom naturally. Whether through school, hobbies or local
communities, young people are surrounded by opportunities to meet others, building lasting
connections that can often continue well into adulthood. However, as people grow older, those
opportunities often become far less frequent. Careers, responsibilities and, for parents, the
demands of raising children can make finding time to socialise increasingly difficult, leaving many
friendships to drift into the...
The Floor •

Voices from The Floor: How We Find Our Way Behind the Bar

I didn’t set out to become a bartender.I was first introduced to it after visiting a friend who had recently been promoted at the bar they worked in. We chatted for a while, catching up between orders, but as service picked up they naturally returned to their station. And as I sat there, drink in hand, I couldn’t help but find myself watching.What struck me wasn’t the drinks themselves, but something else entirely: the pace, the confidence, the way they moved from task to task as orders came flo...
Horror Obsessive •

Tradition, Cruelty, and Conformity: The Social Horror of Shirley Jackson

Horror doesn’t just exist through grand spectacle or supernatural forces. Instead, many of the most unsettling tales draw their power from something far more familiar: a quiet town, an ordinary conversation, a tradition carried out long after its meaning has been forgotten. In these moments, the everyday can become something else entirely, as what one person may be able to dismiss can expose a far darker reality for another. And few writers understood this better than Shirley Jackson. While she...
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