The models looked like they were emerging from a magic forest as they brushed past a profusion of plants. Their hair was pulled back from their faces and pleated in ...
“I realised that what we think of as conventional reality – this quiet suburban street, for instance – is just a stage set that can be swept away” said JG ...
Patricia Duffaud finds that discrimination and racism are still common in the treatment of Romany Gypsies and other travellers.
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“His attitude is more fatalistic, and I get a sense that he believes in some new world in which he, as a believer, will be included.”
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Telling people you’re seeing a musical – that most merry of art forms – and then explaining that it’s about a racially charged rape case is like starting a conversation ...
Book Club member Patricia Duffaud finds out about a close-knit and rebellious club for urban Parkour runners in London.
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“I found it hard to speak to the bubbly PAs and managers with their polyester suits, their watchful eyes and fake enthusiasm for everything hotel-related. The Polish cleaners knew the ...
“They will pull out a knife, stab you. They will shoot you. These little boys, it’s unbelievable what kind of weapons they’ve got now.” An ex-gang member on the culture ...
What drives an individual to break the law or take on the might of a multinational corporation in the name of their political and social beliefs? Patricia Duffaud talks to ...
Patricia Duffaud investigates what lies behind the decision to be celibate, and what the consequences can be for those who chose that path.
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Are there Londoners today whose lives are as strongly affected by religion as they were in 19th Century France? Is it possible for modern sex lives to be tinged with ...
I hear it from men and women. They report having, or having once had, a secret. Not the presentable partner who meets their parents, but a lover, someone they don’t ...
A woman is sitting alone at the hotel bar with a glass of something orange in front of her. You wouldn’t know straight away that she’s a prostitute. She’s wearing ...
