we’ll always have paris
Recently, I’ve noticed a trend in current book publishing. I’ve always been obsessed with reading and writing about Paris, but recently on mainstream bookshelves are stories about and centred around the city. Perhaps it’s the hangover of a change in the collective psyche of the world in its focus on Paris after the terrible terrorist attacks of 2015, of the activity of the gilet jeunes, and more recently, of the tragedy of the Notre Dame fire…
on a train to wimbledon
At 11:30am, I notice an elderly woman opposite to me in the train carriage, as I speed towards Kings Cross. Irritably, she orders a train-sized bottle of Sauvignon Blanc and a kit-kat. What may seem like an ordinary situation strikes me as more meaningful. I consider whether, in a similar situation, on a similar train journey, I would do something entirely for the pleasure of the moment — and entirely for me…
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