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If you are reading this, I am on my honeymoon! Fear not, I am absolutely not typing this from the hotel: I actually wrote it two weeks ago in a cafe in Kentish Town on a rainy afternoon, and scheduled it for the end of the month. I had just received the box of orders of service, fresh from the printers: they looked exactly as stylish and sophisticated as I hoped they would, and as I flicked through them, the wedding suddenly started to feel very, very real.Planning a wedding is weird, mostly bec
styrsö in september (opens the original)
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skåne on film (opens the original)
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Film photos from a - truly - heavenly July week in Skåne, on Sweden’s southern tip: hollyhocks, cycle paths, white sands and excellent light. It was so unlike anywhere else I’ve been in Scandinavia - and so lovely.This is the eleventh instalment of my monthly photo post series. You can see the first nine instalments here: saxony on film and vestland on film a
sachsen in august (opens the original)
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assynt on film (opens the original)
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What do you think of, when you think of Scotland? The looming mountains of the Highlands, deep dark lochs and the Great Glen; the white sands of Hebridean beaches and the grand castles of the east coast; bagpipes in Edinburgh and lively pubs in Glasgow. I love all of those things, but I love Assynt even more. Few people bother to venture to this region, tucked into Scotland’s north west corner, far beyond Fort William and Glencoe and the endless munros of the west coast. But it’s so worth it, to
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