Writing

Essays on place, culture and the spaces in between.

Look At The Plates
Food Joel Beighton Food Joel Beighton

Look At The Plates

When travelling, there’s a long list of advice people give about how to find a good place to eat. But I’ve never seen anyone say what I am about to reveal…

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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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A Change of Pace
Place Joel Beighton Place Joel Beighton

A Change of Pace

I am now in Koh Kood and shifting here has been a change of pace. After the bustle of Bangkok, and the constant movement of travelling through Australia, it’s been quietly comforting to spend a couple of weeks in one spot. To wake up without needing to think too far ahead. To let the days arrive as they are.

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