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HistoryEvergreenThe caravanserai that is still waiting
Sample: a gateway on the old Silk Road that is still waiting for a camel bell.
Personal storiesEvergreenThe letters Grandmother never sent
Sample: a tin box at the back of a wardrobe, thirty-odd stamped letters, and not one of them posted.
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2026
A language spoken with the hands
Sample: no shared language in an Istanbul spice bazaar, and still a deal on saffron.
The caravanserai that is still waiting
Sample: a gateway on the old Silk Road that is still waiting for a camel bell.
The letters Grandmother never sent
Sample: a tin box at the back of a wardrobe, thirty-odd stamped letters, and not one of them posted.
Cold tea at Tabriz station
Sample: a night train, a thermos of cold tea and an old man whose father switched the points on this line for forty years.