Creative Space

Grab Life by the Meatballs – Issue 14

Italian is the way to eat like you’re fancy even when you’re poverty-stricken. Which will still be true when your new degree lands you an entry level job in hospitality. That’s a spicy meatball. Lasagna 1 onion, finely chopped 500g beef mince 1 clove of garlic, crushed 420g can...

The Metronome

by Luka Love He sits at his desk surrounded by the tempered steel and esoteric lights of the factory and blinks his mechanical blink. At home with the machines that follow a kind of logic that can not be applied to warm blooded creatures. His brethren here make sense...

Mi Goreng Goodness – Issue 13

Just because you’re a student and it’s a basic expectation that these will form a substantial part of your diet, doesn’t mean you have to be basic about it. Here are some ways to make your two dollar dinner taste like a million bucks. Fancy Noods 2 packets of...

Mataariki

By Michael Moore If it weren’t for the starsthe night sky might finally be brave enough to snuff out the moon and lay down with the earthwe would plunge into an embrace of darknesslight would wither like hope in a prison of warfade like a ridiculed ideadilute like yellow...

Spithey

If you can’t handle the heat then stay out of the kitchen! Or, you know, put less chilli in it. These South East Asian and Subcontinental delicacies score top marks with all crowds and they’re easier to make than a C- average. Thai Green Curry Ingredients: 100g Green Beans,...

In Impermanence

I sat for 10 daysAs I sat for 10 thousand yearsI watched as the hairs on my headTurned grey and in then brown againI watched as the oceans roseSwallowed islands wholeBit at the low hanging fruit of the continentsBefore the ice caps frozeAnd the seas dropped until I could...

Sweetie Pie – Issue 10

In these days of the virus it is best not to ask your neighbour if you can borrow a cup of sugar. They might give it to you and still not give you the sugar. But you can count on Nexus to give you that sweet stuff by the...

We Get It, You’re Vegan! – Issue 9

Falafel Burgers Ingredients 400g can chickpea, rinsed and drained 1 small red onion, roughly chopped 1 garlic clove, chopped 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp ground coriander 1⁄2 tsp harissa paste or chilli powder 2 tbsp plain flour 2 tbsp sunflower oil toasted pitta bread, to serve 200g tub...

Fault Lines

We’ve been walking along this road for hours. You’ve stopped complaining, finally, your throat too parched to force sound out. Small mercies.  It’s my fault. I knew you weren’t outdoorsy from our first date. Movie and dinner, your choice. I don’t wear makeup, but I made an effort for...

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