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I'm from Devon, England. It's part of a shrinking island not too far from Europe, where tea and back-patting solve everyone's problems. I've been in Lyon for 15 years now, and problems are solved by visiting a local psychologist or by joining a trade union. I teach English, translate and write about goldfish, among other things. The Average Individual is a weeklyish post with reflections on people and culture, from tarte tatin to terrorism.
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This is Lyon has blogged 22 posts
Never Listen to Grandma
An Average Individual goes camping in the Pilat mountains and things don’t go according to plan.
Playing God in a Miniature World
In the forgotton hub that is Vaulx-en-Velin, an Average Individual steps into Miniworld
The Art of Playing Pétanque
An Average Individual meets a few improbable pétanque players in the Croix Rousse
Why the Virgin Mary was a Genius
An Average Individual contemplates Fourvière and the Virgin Mary with her friend George.
What We Say When We Say Sorry
An Average Individual investigates the delicate activity of apologising
Anger Wears A Balaclava
An Average Individual ponders upon the pros and cons of getting hot under the collar
Box Trees
An Average Individual explores our very human need to disappear and climb trees
The Journal of an Average Individual #3: 100 metres
When you’re coaxed into doing something you know you can’t do
The Journal of an Average Individual #2: Hitler in an armchair
An Average Individual wants to sit in a park and watch the world go by, but ends up drinking rosé wine and supping up ordinary racism
The Journal of an Average Individual #1: Monday Mornings
An Average Indivudual is spared Monday morning suicide when she sets foot in a boulangerie