Doomscroll

Doomscroll #5 is out now!

Get it online here or in person at Garm Depot and Rose Red Records.

This issue features:

The first photos of Boscombe's stream in more than a hundred years.

An essay on the hidden costs of being socially active.

A dive into the UK's burgeoning state surveillance apparatus.

A quick reflection on the death of community in the modern world.

A look at the issues dragging down local government across the country.

A breakdown of a senseless and preventable sewage spill on Bournemouth Beach.

And, finally, a poem about the starling murmurations on the Somerset Levels.

We've had to delay the release of Issue 5 due to the issues we've ordered arriving with misprints on about a third of the pages, we're working to get a new batch as soon as we can and we'll keep you posted for when they arrive!

200 years ago, a river flowed onto Boscombe Beach. Though it hasn't seen the light of day since before Victoria kicked the bucket, we're going to prove in the next issue* of Doomscroll that it's very much alive.

*weather and rusty manhole permitting.

Doomscroll Issue #4 is out now!

This issue for sale online here and at Garm Depot and Rose Red Records. It features:

A defence of houses of multiple occupation in Bournemouth.

An article on the rights the public have to paddle on and swim in the River Avon and the people undermining them.

A reflection on Bournemouth's Christmas Market and the relative dearth of similar events throughout the year.

An essay on how doomscrolling became the main way of interacting with social media, and the financial obstacles to change.

An article on how the forces of capital are weaponising loneliness.

And, finally, an environmentalist poem by a new contributor.

This is in addition to art from Moray, and another new contributor, Lisa Doop, along with high key photos of the latest graffiti on St. Catherine's Hill.

Doomscroll Issue #3 is out now!

Doomscroll issue #3 is available now online here, and in Garm Depot, Moose Skate Shop, and Rose Red Records. It features:

Photos and stories about the rising fascist wave in Bournemouth, and the wider UK, along with tactics to combat it.

The usual seasonal foraging guide.

An article on the disproportionate impact of the Online Safety Act on niche online communities.

A guide to preserving your clothes.

Notes on finding community in your local area.

And, finally, a five page interview with local government corruption expert Alex McKinstry on the worst excesses of the previous Tory administration at Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole.

Doomscroll Issue #2 is for sale online now here, and at Garm Depot in Bournemouth Arcade, Rose Red Records in Boscombe's Royal Arcade, and at Moose Skate Shop on Boscombe High Street. It features urbex photography from a river running under the streets of Poole, a summer foraging guide, a new take on the tragedy of the commons, an interview with a street artist, sewage protest coverage, an essay on life with complex mental health, along with music, art, and a lot more!

Doomscroll is now available at Garm Depot in Bournemouth Arcade for £3!