The pore is its humble abode and the waxy sebum we secrete, its meal of choice, and it's estimated that between 1.5 and 2.5 million of them live on our bodies at any one time!
It grew there in the corner of a little miserable court-yard; and under it sat, of an afternoon, in the most splendid sunshine, two old people; an old, old seaman, and his old, old wife.
While most major French cities are proudly hewn from stone, Toulouse is built from bricks, These humble bricks, once considered a sign of poverty, are now a source of pride.