Ed Halliday's Blog - Posts Tagged "attack"
Nice
I think I can speak for everyone when I say that the happenings in Nice 2 days ago were as horrific as they were tragic, and my heartfelt condolences go to all those affected. As many of you may realise from my scribblings, I happen to live a short drive from Nice, and although I don't frequent the city very often, it's often enough to make me count myself lucky that I wasn't there on Thursday.
I happen to live in a tiny village, however we do have a large community of North African origin. Let me be clear, they have always been nothing but welcoming and friendly towards me, a fellow immigrant, despite my pale skin and ginger hair. I have for many years, and do still, count many of them as close friends, but there is an atmosphere of mistrust brewing. Many of the local French talk in huddles and whisper about how many Tunisians live in our peaceful little village. There are sideways glances and muttered remarks, and many who ask which side my allegiance lies.
We have all seen the immediate effect of this, and previous terrorist attacks, when watching the nine o'clock news, but there is a more profound and longer lasting effect that is yet to come to fruition, and it is rather frightening!
Cheers,
Ed Halliday
Author of:- The Expected Demise of Bernard Fish, Burnt Toast and Bent Noses, The Grinning Dog, the almost perfect plot, pigs in paradise
I happen to live in a tiny village, however we do have a large community of North African origin. Let me be clear, they have always been nothing but welcoming and friendly towards me, a fellow immigrant, despite my pale skin and ginger hair. I have for many years, and do still, count many of them as close friends, but there is an atmosphere of mistrust brewing. Many of the local French talk in huddles and whisper about how many Tunisians live in our peaceful little village. There are sideways glances and muttered remarks, and many who ask which side my allegiance lies.
We have all seen the immediate effect of this, and previous terrorist attacks, when watching the nine o'clock news, but there is a more profound and longer lasting effect that is yet to come to fruition, and it is rather frightening!
Cheers,
Ed Halliday
Author of:- The Expected Demise of Bernard Fish, Burnt Toast and Bent Noses, The Grinning Dog, the almost perfect plot, pigs in paradise
