Pub quizzes are very much a British tradition. In Paris, screaming answers to general knowledge questions is seen as a bit too earnestly competitive, sort of quirky and embarrassing.
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Pema Monaghan: Wood Pigeon
I’ve begun some sort of relationship with a wood pigeon.
It sits on the fence that divides my garden from my neighbour’s garden. I can see it out my window, next to where I lie in my bed all day.
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Adefoyeke Ajao: Pawse and Play
Before Covid-19 became part of Nigeria’s reality in February 2020, I somehow hoped the virus wouldn’t breach Nigeria’s borders, and even if it did, that we would be able to control it as we’d done with Ebola a few years before.
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