“Yara Sweeney sat on a Southern Rail train facing her six-year old daughter Mali, as the packed station platform at Clapham Junction slid into view. The unseasonably warm Sunday morning had flushed people into the streets like ants from the earth after heavy rain. An army of football fans in red and blue shirts swarmed the platform, so Yara was glad she’d left home when she did—at least she and Mali had seats. As the football fans boarded she hoped they’d lay off the chanting and the unwelcome banter, but what were the odds of that?”
From ‘Games & Optics – included in the showcase