Claire CinnamondThoughts on the Notre-Dame FireOne of the things that makes Victor Hugo’s “Notre-Dame de Paris” such a captivating work is that the Paris he describes is still…Apr 16, 2019Apr 16, 2019
Claire CinnamondDon’t Fear the SleeveThe hotel was in an old building, not far from where a statue of Gutenberg sat, mute but pensive, in the middle of a large public square…May 31, 2016May 31, 2016
Claire CinnamondMull CallingIn search of a telephone box, in the footsteps of Michael PowellJan 22, 2016Jan 22, 2016
Claire CinnamondThe Puffins of Lunga IslandThe turf is uneven and springy, a pleasant change to the rocky island shore I’ve just clambered across to get here. Everywhere I go I’m…Jan 15, 2016Jan 15, 2016
Claire CinnamondMoving on from the past — an appreciation of Sarah Kofman’s “Rue Ordener, Rue Labat”I’d read about the “Grand Raflé” in books of course. One night — July 16th 1942, when thousands of Parisian Jews were rounded up and taken…Jan 8, 2016Jan 8, 2016
Claire CinnamondA flame that burned for a hundred years — the many stories of Edith PiafRain soaked cobbles on a cold December night, the pale light of a streetlamp illuminating a policeman’s cape on which reposes a newborn…Dec 19, 2015Dec 19, 2015
Claire CinnamondOn RemembranceA personal response to “Testament of Youth” and “Letters From a Lost Generation”.Aug 20, 2015Aug 20, 2015
Claire CinnamondTwo Women in Occupied ParisTo be a young woman in Paris is surely to be the epitome of freedom. Assured of ones own beauty and grace, to step lightly down Haussman’s…Aug 11, 2015Aug 11, 2015
