Rémy

30, Nice, France

The first thing Rémy told me was “I’ll fuck you like a dirty whore.”

La Dernière Bataille pour Waterloo

Happy Endings, et moins si affinités

Camelia

82, Sofia, Bulgaria

It had been raining all day in Sofia when I rushed into the grey concrete building on Vasil Levski…

Clara

26, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

I arrived at the Soho House five minutes late. Given the pouring wet snow I had gone…

Mélanie

32, Paris, France

The first time I met Mélanie, her hair was red. She and her boyfriend had rushed into our apartment…

Mohammed

Only a sadist or a fanatic would call his son Mohammed. But Brahim, Mohammed’s father, was…

Nick

26, San Francisco, U.S.A

“Meet me at the artists’ entrance at 9.45.” Nick’s message was cryptic.

Gérard

66, Gabre, France

We drove an hour south of Toulouse, to a village tucked against the French Pyrenees. On top of a hill…

Gerben

34, Delft, The Netherlands

Elizabeth had spent the night swallowing all the food she could find, but it just wasn’t…