Marseille
Low life
‘We’re at war!’ said the taxi man as I installed myself for the long drive to Marseille. I put a…
Low life
At the desk I gave my name and showed my Covid vaccination pass and the woman told me to take…
Low life
The chesty Corsican taxi driver was giving me his earnest appraisal of the way things were headed in France politically.…
Nothing to see here
Calls is the very antithesis of televisual soma. In fact it’s so jarring and discomfiting and horrible that I think…
Low life
After weeks of living in the 18th century, going everywhere on foot and encountering few other souls, I drove to…
Low life
Every few years I’ve picked up one or other of Anthony Powell’s A Dance to the Music of Time series…
Low life
My last NHS scan showed a shadow on a rib. The scan report couldn’t decide between a new cancer metastasis…
![View of Marseille from the basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde, also known as La Bonne Mère, traditionally regarded as the city’s protectress. ‘The Good Mother intervenes at sick beds, down shadowy streets, and in the dark hours of night,’ writes Iain Sinclair [image: Getty]](https://new-dev.spectator.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Marseille.jpg?w=410&h=275&crop=1)
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Marseille
If you haven’t been lost in Marseille then you can’t have been there. As Alexandre Dumas wrote, this is a…
