Writing

Essays on place, culture and the spaces in between.

I mercati di Palermo
Place Joel Beighton Place Joel Beighton

I mercati di Palermo

Anthony Bourdain once said that the real heart of a place is found in its markets and that if you want to understand a culture, you should go where people shop and eat every day. I have always agreed with him. Whenever I travel somewhere new, the market is my first stop.

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Midnight in Sicily
Place Joel Beighton Place Joel Beighton

Midnight in Sicily

Our plane begins its descent into Palermo. The curve of the bay glows on our left, a soft necklace of lights against the dark water, while the mountains stand brooding around the city.

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