Tat London Journal

September’s second spring has absolutely flourished. The birds have all been singing their heads off morning and eve, the grass has yomped away and the wildflowers have been sent flowering off into the next round; the field scabious is blooming as though it were June. Our migratory winged friends have all gone, but everything else would have you thinking we’d jumped a few months backwards in the year. My wardrobe feels particularly confused and, no sooner had I dug out my ra

I actually had to visit Saint-Paul-de-Mausole twice. The first time, the monastery was closed. It was an unusually hot, heavy day, with dark clouds gathering overhead and the feeling that a thunderstorm could break at any moment. I had made the journey there only to discover that I couldn't go inside.

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