Under the Banyan Tree

by Niamh Fennel

The newlywed Ben and Wei Lin have recently moved house to accommodate for the arrival of their first child. As the baby’s due date approaches, an unsettling feeling begins to permeate the walls of their perfect house and tension grows, estranging the couple.

Niamh Fennell is a third year Media and English student. She is interested in theories of race, gender, ‘othering’ and postcoloniality. After graduation she plans to further pursue these interests in a Masters. Outside of university and theoretical debates, Niamh is also a fiction writer and poet, taking inspiration from her own mixed heritage and upbringing.

Cover image by Roberta Cliff