![]() Graham Greene could only put pen to paper in a suite at the Grand Hotel, Brighton. Would sharing an office be cheaper? Or moving to Deptford where you can get a cuppa for 30p?ĭylan Thomas had his writing den in the cycle shed (which Roald Dahl saw and copied). ![]() Even more if you add a quick spot of lunch. Six pounds spent in a couple of hours, five days a week, plus a newspaper and fizzy pop for the way home. It might be because I'm sitting here, paying real (what my grandmother would have called good) money for pots of tea when there's PG tips at home. Maybe it's because I often see food critic and Birds Eye peas fan Giles Coren having his eggs benedict, or Noel Fielding from the Mighty Boosh sipping a latte in his rock star sunglasses. Perhaps it's because they sell organic rye bread and fresh anchovies to passing sophisticates. ![]() The café itself is great: it's situated in the road where the district I live in gets posher (Lower Highgate, or Lo-Hi as no doubt an estate agent will soon refer to it). The café is warm and provides succour for body and mind during the Occupation.Ģ007: I sit in my local café and feel like a knob. ![]() They work in the morning, see friends in the afternoon and write more in the evening. 1940: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre take up residence, almost, in the Café de Flore in Paris. ![]()
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