Writing

Essays on place, culture and the spaces in between.

The Third Space
Culture Joel Beighton Culture Joel Beighton

The Third Space

Having a third space is having a place outside of your home or workplace to convene or to relax. It might be purposeful, like a pub or a café. Or it could be something less obvious, like a park or a beach.

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Paradise Isn’t Always Quiet
Place Joel Beighton Place Joel Beighton

Paradise Isn’t Always Quiet

A loud rumble of a vehicle passes close to my right side as I walk along the dusty, dry street, narrowly avoiding uneven slabs of pavement and stepping over open drain covers.

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Fruit, Heat, Repeat
Food Joel Beighton Food Joel Beighton

Fruit, Heat, Repeat

It’s hot and humid and we are stood uneasily inside a badly lit shop. Sharp knives are carelessly left on any flat surface that can be found. A large spider crawls up a wooden beam directly behind my wife and settles, part-camouflaged beneath a heap of pineapples.

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Setting Sun
Place Joel Beighton Place Joel Beighton

Setting Sun

Each day, everywhere in the world, the sun will set (extreme solstice points notwithstanding). Sometimes it’s visible, other times it’s hidden behind a thick blanket of overcast sky. On the motorway, outside your home, or at the beach.

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