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Yet for all its rich history, its proliferation of designers, its thousands of creative visitors, its international status and its strategic position in Europe, it is a city that appears to have neglected itself. Continue reading →

Milan pt2

You could tell something cool and chic was happening by the amount of Dalston-looking types in turned-up skin-tights, plaid shirts, tank-tops, bow-ties, forties hair-cuts and obligatory pair of Ray-Ban. Continue reading →

Agression

April 12, 2010 langlaisaparis Leave a comment France, paris

In Paris, though whether it is because I am new to the city, I see little news of violence in the city – perhaps the occasional gang problem in the suburbs; but I do not see or hear each day the reason for the sound of the sirens. Here I had begun to feel as though I had no need to continually assess potential dangers, often finding politeness where my preconceptions had expected trouble. Certainly it felt possible to stroll home at night in my neighbourhood, where alternatively, in London, I may have done so with a lot more caution. Continue reading →