Writing

Essays on place, culture and the spaces in between.

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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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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The Pink of Passeggiare
Culture Joel Beighton Culture Joel Beighton

The Pink of Passeggiare

If you’ve been wondering about the splash of pink across Passeggiare, here’s the story.

The inspiration comes straight from Italy’s most iconic newspaper: La Gazzetta dello Sport. I didn’t want this to look like just another blog - the choice of pink was deliberate, a nod to something uniquely, unmistakably Italian.

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Captain Teebs
Place Joel Beighton Place Joel Beighton

Captain Teebs

Tony Soprano once said a nursing home was basically like a hotel in Cap d’Antibes. We put that line to the test with a day split between Cannes and Antibes- one felt like a film set, the other like a place you’d actually want to stay.

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Simple Pleasures
Place Joel Beighton Place Joel Beighton

Simple Pleasures

The warm morning sun is just rising above Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat and is starting to glisten on the azure Mediterranean Sea. The bay, littered with yachts and fishing boats, looks perfectly still at this hour.

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