Fieldnotes from La Maison

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On stashes, hoarding, Dante, Duras and history.
My 10-year-old daughter clutches a crumpled paper bag.
Mar 9 • 
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“You may not believe in magic but something very strange is happening at this very moment…”
On Breton Christmas, holy water, Camembert and menhirs walking free from the earth
Dec 22, 2024 • 
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On being ‘Originale’, pink leopard skin trousers and social unrest à la française.
Nearly twenty years before moving into the granite house, after the Breton fisherman had stopped travelling to fish cod in Canada, I arrived in Rennes…
Nov 17, 2024 • 
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Coming home...
It is always a surprise to return home, à la maison, from the busy streets of London, travelling from Britain on buses, tubes and then on ferries, or by…
Nov 10, 2024 • 
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Fieldnotes from La Maison
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