John Baker’s Blog

I have a note about a guy who had a car but no tax disc, no insurance. The car was a wreck and had undergone many home-made repairs to keep it on the road. To list all the faults of the vehicle would take too long. Significantly, the only door that opened was the hatchback, [...]

There’s a joiner here today, replacing a large double-glazed unit which recently died. Nice guy, name of Kevin. I try to keep out of the way, not wanting to get under his feet. But the house isn’t that big that we can miss each other entirely.
I give him a lift with the old unit, down [...]

This 2006 film brings together a collection of short stories by more than twenty different directors. The link is the city of Paris. And in Paris we meet lovers, divorcees, tourists, lovers, vampires, parents, children, gays, lovers, murder, madness, tight parking spaces, Oscar Wilde, lovers, terminal illness, a couple of clowns, Tour Eiffel, dreams galore, [...]