Welcome to sidelines

My creative side hustle of sample short stories, poems, non fiction and personal reflections – written under my maiden name Lucy Hodges

Lucy Hodges 01/09/2025 Lucy Hodges 01/09/2025

Summer in Suburbia

A dystopian cli-fi set in the summer of 2025 inspired by an original composition by a British-French guitarist.

Lucy Hodges 29/06/2025 Lucy Hodges 29/06/2025

Whoever said that you cease to care what others think of you had never stood in a hotel lobby wearing compression socks.

Lucy Gravatt 10/01/2020 Lucy Gravatt 10/01/2020

A look back at the politics, people and turning points that shaped the LEP story - and their place in history.

Lucy Hodges 01/01/2020 Lucy Hodges 01/01/2020

A blackbird found at dawn becomes a meditation on death and renewal.

Lucy Hodges 12/12/2019 Lucy Hodges 12/12/2019

The UK went to the polls in 2019 breaking months of Brexit deadlock. The rest is politics…

Lucy Hodges 04/04/2019 Lucy Hodges 04/04/2019

A ride on Miami’s Metromover becomes a vivid snapshot of city life at night.

Lucy Hodges 04/04/2019 Lucy Hodges 04/04/2019

A fragment of overheard monologue becomes a sharp snapshot of vulnerability and defiance.

Lucy Hodges 15/08/2018 Lucy Hodges 15/08/2018

Joelle glanced up as she neared the shallow end for the 49th time. Middle age, mistakes and the slow re‑casting of guilt.

Lucy Hodges 13/04/1995 Lucy Hodges 13/04/1995

In 1995, Hammersmith School rose from the ashes to become the Phoenix School with Willie Atkinson at the helm.

Lucy Hodges 15/09/1994 Lucy Hodges 15/09/1994

An early interview with fellow news reporter and fledging playwright Joe Penhall.

Lucy Hodges 01/09/1993 Lucy Hodges 01/09/1993

Digging deep into my old cuttings file, this was one of my first interview assignments as a cub reporter.