Anderson: Rage, rejection and reverence – the passion of Notre-Dame

In Cassis, a normally bustling seaside resort in the south of France, the streets were deserted.  During the long and tense evening of April 15, when the fate of Notre-Dame de Paris hung in the balance, the silence was unearthly: the hiss and suck of the waves, normally pushed to the back of consciousness, seemed unnaturally loud. There were no pedestrians to sidle past, and no cars on the narrow streets. Blue light shone through the village’s windows as families clustered around thei