Writing

Essays on place, culture and the spaces in between.

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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My favourite place in Kraków
Place Joel Beighton Place Joel Beighton

My favourite place in Kraków

I am lucky enough to have visited Kraków many times now. My wife is Polish and came to university here and whilst her family are not from the city, it’s still not a million miles away and is regularly a port of call for when we visit.

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