April 24 & May 1, 2023 Issue

A detail in Lauren Collins’ Talk story “Decorative,” in this week’s issue, caught my eye: Owen Wilson uses a Brompton to get around Paris. Collins writes, “Wilson arrived on a Brompton folding bike, which he padlocked to an iron fence.” Bromptons are great bikes. Lorna and I travelled Scotland and the Netherlands on them. You can take them on trains, hop off, unfold them, and away you go.