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I am in Kreuzberg, middle of Berlin, middle of Germany, middle of Europe. Today is 1st of May: May Day, alle auf die Strasse! Everyone out on the streets. People are taking it literally. Thousands ...read more
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I was in a bookshop yesterday with my friend just arrived from Copenhagen. It is around the corner from the bookshop where he and I first met. We met because he was standing gazing at ...read more
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I came clattering down the stairs to find the train already humming, its destination sign was flashing which means departure imminent. I franked the ticket and ran. The train was right down the far end ...read more
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In my dream I was in this amazing cafe taking five floors of an abandoned building in Brisbane. Right at the top was a little terrace looking out only on treetops. There was a waitress ...read more
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Oh, Germany. Sometimes I am just so grateful to you! I came three years ago, for a week, with a suitcase of summer clothes. Stayed on and stayed. Met a man. Made some friends. Found ...read more
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Imagine we were all living in a world where almost everyone was carrying a book in their pocket. And was intently engaged in its consumption. And pulled it out of their pocket to read more ...read more
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When I travel I am never alone because always there is the companionship of my shyness. This sometimes feels like a long shadow I drag over things ('allo, scuse us, thank you, pardon me') and ...read more
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Walking home I saw a man clinging to the upper part of a set of ornate window bars, gazing intently upward. At first I thought he was doing parkour. Then I wondered was he maybe ...read more
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At ten o'clock at night I went out walking round the curve of the road under bright green trees lit from the lamps, everything beautiful, hot and radiant. A bookshop was open, or so I ...read more