The Cafe Andros is not Greek. It has white, smoothly plastered Romanesque, mirrored arches along one wall. Piped music further confuses the senses. They are mainly old folk at the tables, enmeshed in a low buzz of conversation. At one table is a young woman with a baby. When she moves towards the toilet everyone [...]
I guess she was half black, but what do I know. She was head and shoulders taller than me. Straight hair, waxy chocolate complexion, in need of something to give her system a kick.
The Habit gets some tourists but most of the regulars are locals who like the coffee or the chat, and they do [...]
Bookshop cafés in Iran closed down:
The closure order comes amid an offensive against liberal trends by the Islamist government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which has included the banning of western books.
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You could call it unproductive. I had to go into town early to deliver something (don’t forget, plant the mystery in the first paragraph, if possible by the second sentence). It was already hot but there were thunder-heads around so I took an umbrella and by the time I got to Parliament Street the backs [...]
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