IDENTITY
DEPARTUREGATE
Self-portrait by Chris Allsop
Living abroad can have a lasting impact on who we are.
Despite decades spent living in England, writer Chris Allsop finds his American side is never far behind.
Identity is a strange, malleable, paradoxical thing composed
of many parts. It’s something that we seek out but always have
with us, which we defend at all costs and readily discard.
It’s also catching. At the age of eight, my family relocated
from California to Br