Friday 7th March Happy March! After some fabulous weather at the beginning of the month, we have now had several days of icy and violent gusts of wind rattling through our rafters and chilling our…
2 Jenny Grove: Redressing the Balance 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 A delicate, oval-faced woman, Jenny does not look like a typical barrier-crashing militant. Nevertheless it was she who forced the Oxford Union to…
Happy New Year! I know it’s been a while since I last wrote but we spent Christmas in Paris chez les parents-in-law and I was banned from mentioning it as Olivier has this crazy notion that it is not a good idea to announce your holiday plans to the internet world, particularly when your address is plastered all over your website and magazine. I grudgingly accepted that he may have a valid point!
Basil Howitt’s report on the fraught and prolonged installation of WiFi in his remote village of Lansac in Le Fenouillèdes “France Télécom can wipe out its reported 70 billion euros of debt at a stroke…
Saturday 1st December Arrrgggghhhh! It’s December! How did that happen? I’m sure that last Christmas was only a few weeks ago! I finally had my hair cut a little last week as I was beginning…
So you’ve watched one of those “Place in the Sun” or “No Going Back” programs about a British family who decide to become French Vignerons. What’s the truth behind the dream? It’s true that anyone…
2 James Postlethwaite:Gentle Warrior for the Good Life 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 James Postlethwaite is tall and lanky with the grin of a naughty choirboy. Originally from Cheshire, he has lived in Sorede…
Thursday 8th November November has been absolutely delicious so far, with blue skies and warm sun throughout the day, and cold crisp mornings and evenings. Green leaves are still clinging on determinedly, if a little…
Saturday 6th October October has arrived in a volley of flash storms and heavy rain – still warm and sunny much of the time, but a morning sun against a clear blue sky lulls you…
Almost French by Sarah Turnbull Reviewed by Polly Cannie Click on cover to buy Almost French is an entertaining and heart-warming story of Australian journalist Sarah Turnbull who is most definitely a fish out…