As you all surly know, the last month has been one of unprecedented catastrophe in Turkey and Syria. Thousands are dead and many more left without homes or basic necessities. 

It goes without saying that all of us are heartbroken and grieving the irreparable losses. 

Under the circumstances we felt that our little publication did not have much to say, certainly it didn't feel right to run a sequence of poems and stories. 

We’ll be back and better than ever, but for now, we would like to encourage you dear reader to donate to one of the fantastic charities that are doing work in the region. We feel that it is particularly important to continue to donate as the earthquake fades from the headlines in the international press. People still need help desperately and, unfortunately, are likely to continue to need it. 

We would like to recommend the Ahbap NGO as a good place to donate.