“Your home city is where you are supposed to feel safest. Your home football club is where you are supposed to feel the most united. But the use of the ‘N’ word yelled onto the pitch does well to break this illusion.”
Tanvi Singh reflects on how feelings of premature nostalgia can often be an escape mechanism for when you’re struggling to grapple with the uncertainty of the future, and instead seek comfort in the familiarity of memories.