Paris
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Opening the windows
On a recent trip to Paris, I experienced one of the simple pleasures of travelling abroad, which is the ability to fully open the windows of the hotel room you’re staying in. Continue reading
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La Goulue: rags to riches to rags
Of the books I’ve read to glean some historical background for my Calypso Bergere Mysteries series, my favourite is Janet Flanner’s Paris Was Yesterday, 1925–1939. Continue reading
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Calypso’s world 3
This is the third in an occasional series of posts about the artistic and social world inhabited by Calypso Bergère. This post focuses on the third novella in the series, Calypso and the Accidental Recording, set in Paris in the spring of 1932. Continue reading
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Calypso’s world 2
This is the second in an occasional series of posts about the artistic and social world inhabited by Calypso Bergère. This post focuses on the second novella in the series, Calypso and the Christmas Map, set in Paris in the winter of 1931. Continue reading
About Me

Writer. Londoner. Wayfarer on the rolling English road.
the other place

I write about British places and history at theseislands.blog.