Expedition stories
Narrative non-fiction, pen portraits, vignettes from cultural borderlands
Three anglophones endeavour to cook soup that the French will like at a chaotic soup festival in the Cevennes mountains.
The street party where flour bombs, giant rats and bonfires carry political messages.
Streets of France: Punks-with-Dogs
In front of me is a terrifying beast. It writhes and growls. There is a lot of hair and metal.
Pen Portrait. France’s People. Rui the Vagabond
“I used to be a computer programmer. I had a life exactly like everyone else. But I got tired of letters arriving in the post with bad news.”