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A guide to London food from a picky-af-eater
Hey! Did you ever dream of hearing about a kosher person’s favorite non-kosher London restaurants are? What a coincidence! I’ve written...
Esther Gross
Mar 5, 20204 min read
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Home
A few years ago I read a book called This Is the Place: Women Writing About Home, edited by Margot Kahn and Kelly McMasters. I started...
Esther Gross
Mar 1, 20205 min read
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The girl with the knotted hair
Medusa, Bernini Once upon a time there was a girl who was born with a knot on her head. Not a hair knot, although I can see why that’s...
Esther Gross
Nov 13, 201920 min read
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Forgetting
Honestly, the way it started, it could have been anything. She just assumed it was fatigue (and it very well could have been - she had...
Esther Gross
Jun 14, 20198 min read
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Le Concierge, Part 4: Life at the Arena
Image: still from the Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson I don’t remember making my way to bed, or waking up, or even getting into the...
Esther Gross
Apr 1, 20194 min read
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Le Concierge, Part 3: Exodus
Artwork by Orly Maiberg Thinking back on it, I’m surprised it took my mother a full year to kick me out of her flat: I spent 12 months...
Esther Gross
Feb 7, 20194 min read
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Le Concierge (Part 2)
Illustration by BAE Be An Explorer Have you ever been 18 and French? Believe me when I say it’s one hell of a sticky situation. You’re...
Esther Gross
Nov 11, 20184 min read
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Le Concierge
Artwork by KlunderBie for the Hotel Barceló Torres de Madrid I always start by explaining how much I loved the atmosphere in my mother’s...
Esther Gross
Aug 20, 20183 min read
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The Lick
For years after he did it, people would argue over whether he understood the consequences of his act. Some argued it was a lack of...
Esther Gross
May 9, 20184 min read
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Paris like a Parisian
... And this title is a little misleading, so let me clarify: I've been a Londoner for the past five years, but since I spend at least a...
Esther Gross
Apr 26, 20183 min read
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Jews, Promises and the Land
I grew up surrounded by what some well-meaning anti-Semites might call a cosmopolitan elite. My younger years were spent at a Jewish...
Esther Gross
Mar 29, 20185 min read
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It's Women's Day, read a book!
The three women in this picture are the reason why I feel as empowered as I do today - my mother, aunt and grandmother have always...
Esther Gross
Mar 8, 20183 min read
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A weekend in New York
Listen, I don't want to tell you what to do. But I've spent a few weekends in New York in my time and I'd like to think I haven't...
Esther Gross
Feb 27, 20182 min read
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Play by Alexander Ekman, an existentialist reminder to enjoy ourselves
My first thought when leaving the Palais Garnier last Saturday was that I'd never seen so many people coming out of a ballet with a huge...
Esther Gross
Dec 18, 20172 min read
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Reviewing the 2017 Venice Art Biennale (official event buildings)
One shouldn’t attend the Biennale expecting consistently high levels of artistic expression. Given the sheer scale of the exhibition,...
Esther Gross
Oct 6, 20174 min read
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I read these books so you wouldn't have to
It's moment like these when I realise some of the sections of this blog may not be fully well named - granted, calling this section...
Esther Gross
Aug 31, 20172 min read
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The 5 books that made my summer (and they can still make yours!)
I know, I know, there's still a few weeks of August left so I shouldn't bury summer before it's dead. But let's be real, those of us who...
Esther Gross
Aug 20, 20173 min read
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Should women be scared of AI?
Whenever I discuss artificial intelligence with people, if they're not envisioning an Ultron-style apocalyptic future, their first...
Esther Gross
Jul 30, 20174 min read
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On haircuts and feminism
I’ll always remember my first real haircut: not the one you get because your split ends are starting to reach your roots, but the one you...
Esther Gross
Jul 25, 20173 min read
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