Tania Arenas

  • Fifty Meters Above

    Fifty Meters Above

    Being fifty metres above Central London proved to be a cathartic retreat from the sound of enervated car engines and the stifle of the congested tube. Fifty metres above Central London, the city was a human body and I was but an insignificant, microscopic cell living in it. I have been irrationally grappling with billions…

  • Under My Own Skin

    Under My Own Skin

    There comes a point in lockdown when beyond feeling trapped in my bedroom, I begin to feel trapped within my own skin – almost like it’s no longer mine. The person I am, underneath quarantine-related afflictions, is unknown to me. So, as I ease into a world that the news flippantly calls normal, I am…