Writing

Essays on place, culture and the spaces in between.

The Long Way to Scaccia
Food Joel Beighton Food Joel Beighton

The Long Way to Scaccia

Some foods find you. Others you have to hunt for. Scaccia belonged firmly in the second camp. I first came across it years ago, in a newspaper article I read.

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Pandas and Poly Tunnels
Place Joel Beighton Place Joel Beighton

Pandas and Poly Tunnels

Departing town and dodging Fiat Pandas making illegal, yet excruciatingly slow, turns. A BMW fails to stop at a stop sign and I am grateful to be on high alert. Cars sit double parked along the pavement, blocking a lane of traffic. It is apparently fine because the hazard lights are on.

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