Movies: Midnight in Paris
Here’s Why: It was, in equal parts, a movie that spoke my inner language and a hug from a city I spent far too little
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In Defence of Beauty
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In Defence of Beauty Fun Things Video: Cheap Trick, “Surrender”
I think nations age like people.
China, for example, feels like a man in his mid-forties.
Europe feels like someone in …
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June 28 – Paris, London, Cowfold.
I’m back from Sussex, back in Camden, soon to be leaving for New York. Had a brilliant weekend with Ade, Lucy and the world’s most intelligent two-year-old. Jaw-dropping vocab, unfailingly polite even when cranky, full of opinions, inhabitant of a rich …
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June 23 – Paris, Day 2: The Louvre
I saw art, I saw ancient statuary, I saw my friend’s family name written in gold next to the likes of Da Vinci, Durer and Michelangelo… and I saw guys with assault rifles.
The art …
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June 23 – Paris Day 1
Pleased with a few of the shots.
It’s weird though. I go someplace like Helsinki and I soak up all of this incremental detail about the place. I go to Paris and the info feels like these colossal blocky shapes muscling …
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June 22nd – Paris Prologue
Saw Montmartre today, stepped inside the Sacre Coueur. Saw an amazing panoramic view of Paris. But the most interesting thing I saw was a gang of street vendors selling packs of stolen cigarettes, stashing their supply inside art deco lamp posts. …
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June 20th: Welcome to Paris; it’s all coffee and cheese from here on out.
Made it the St Christopher’s hostel. Nice place for the price. Massive downstairs bar, right on the canal. Gorgeous, actually.
I had my ‘Trafalgar Square’ moment for Paris. After bussing to a Gattaca-like RER station near CDG, R called. Spent half …
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June 20th: Last Night in Helsinki
I’m writing this on the plane to pass the time.
So yesterday I was really feeling the lack of sleep. And I was trying to work, and not doing very well at it. In fact I’ve still got to mark up …
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