Writing

Essays on place, culture and the spaces in between.

Puglia: a home from home
Place Joel Beighton Place Joel Beighton

Puglia: a home from home

On our fifth visit to Puglia, we return to a favourite restaurant and the place we married. Then an estate agent leads us down the lanes outside Ostuni towards somewhere we could imagine calling our own.

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Still England
Place Joel Beighton Place Joel Beighton

Still England

A beer, a midnight sandwich and an England match watched from Poland. On leaving a country and finding yourself more conscious of belonging to it.

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