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Oct 15, 20216 min read
ASYLUM: Crossing the Pyrenees, 4/4
This is the final part of Marie-Rose Ourabah’s story of asylum. Here she reflects on the impact of her experiences as a refugee during...
Oct 14, 20217 min read
ASYLUM: Crossing the Pyrenees, 3/4
This is the story of how Marie-Rose Ourabah, daughter of François and Hélène Tosquelles, escaped Spain after her father was sentenced to...
Oct 13, 20214 min read
ASYLUM: Crossing the Pyrenees, 2/4
In my correspondence with Marie-Rose Ourabah, daughter of François and Hélène Tosquelles, I asked her to tell me the story of how her...
Oct 12, 20213 min read
ASYLUM: Crossing the Pyrenees, 1/4
During the research for my essay, Asylum, I corresponded with Marie-Rose Ourabah, daughter of François and Hélène Tosquelles, central...
Oct 5, 20213 min read
MAGGIE NELSON IS RIGHT - about this at least
My essay, Asylum, for Aeon, ends with this paragraph: “We are all subject, to a greater or lesser extent, to the deadening, separating...
Sep 29, 20215 min read
ON FREEDOM - Paul Éluard's poem
In 1936, the poet Paul Éluard helped to organise an exhibition of work by surrealists from across Europe. In June of that year, when the...
Sep 25, 20213 min read
ELENITA TOSQUELLES
During my research for the Asylum essay, I’ve been corresponding with Marie-Rose Ourabah, author and daughter of Francois Tosquelles. I...
Sep 24, 202124 min read
ASYLUM - an interview with Martine Deyres and Camille Robcis
Late last year, a friend invited me to watch a film called Our Lucky Hours. Directed by Martine Deyres, it tells the fascinating story of...
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