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Postcard from Glasgow: A visit to the Barras (opens the original)
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𓂃🖊 A few months ago I woke up with a clear goal: I wanted to be in the Barras on my 40th birthday. I have no idea where it came from. Yes, Glasgow – once upon a time my home – is never too far from my mind but the Barras was a random epiphany.If you’re not familiar, the Barras is a street market in the East End of Glasgow that dates back to 1921. Founded by Maggie and James McIver, traders used to pay for a pitch, with many of them hiring wheelbarrows (or barras) to sell their goods.Now it’s a c
The summer I turned 40 (opens the original)
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𓂃🖊 It happened slowly then all at once. I stretched out being 39 for as long as I could, not to delay the inevitable but because it felt worth marking.Aged 39 and a half, back in January, I learned that the man I’d been orbiting for the past six or so years had been cheating on me for probably the whole time.I spent the winter and spring trying to keep afloat and managed very well. When the first days of summer hit I began to feel something erupting inside, like an unstoppable wave. It was telli
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