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Suzy was leaning forward across a café table telling Evie a story. ‘So they got married even though they couldn’t speak each other’s language. If she wanted to go for a walk she would trip her fingers along as if two people were walking then point to the dog. Then she’d say, “Along path?” gesturing in that direction. “By the …

I was on Coco Beach the other day. It had been a hot afternoon but now the sun was tipping down in the sky and there was a pale pink streak on the horizon. The summer has truly arrived. The sea is transparent and warm and feels like silk. As I sat drying after my swim I watched a father …

I always get into the sea when the old women get in. Not because they are frail and overly careful, quite the opposite they are wise old birds, wiry and tough, and they’ve been swimming here all their lives. The problem with swimming here are the méduses. My french is not great but méduses is one word I know. It …