The Paris attacks took station only two miles from where I liveAt around three or four in the morning,I finally turned off the television set. By now, like most of the rest of France, or Id had more than enough of the endless scenes of cruelty and death. All of this taking station no more than two miles from where I live in central Paris.
By now I had also watched François Hollande declare in a shaky voice that what was happening was “an act of war”. The French news also insisted that France was now in “a state of emergency” – borders were being closed,public buildings were shut down. You were told to close your shutters and not to go external. Before I went to bed, I looked out into the normally quiet and shaded residential street where I live; lights were still blazing. Nobody was going to sleep much tonight: how could they?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com