Capers in the Commune
Readers of Truffle Trouble will know that it’s set in two villages, Bordumont and Sagnac, in the beautiful Luberon region of Provence. Both villages are… Read More »Capers in the Commune
France
Getting to grips with the flics
15 keys to One Green Bottle. N° 7: The gendarmes. ‘And the police?’ asked Antoine. ‘Who’s in charge? We’re deep in gendarme territory here.’ To… Read More »Getting to grips with the flics
Intelligence and Manners
France has the only two things towards which we drift as we grow older – intelligence and manners. Some might disagree with that assessment by… Read More »Intelligence and Manners
Bonnieux the Beautiful
I’ve long harboured a wish to paint. When I visit museums of modern art, I inevitably get a moment – as I suspect many of… Read More »Bonnieux the Beautiful
The Richmond Circle
On a cold, blustery evening back in December, I was in the Vestry Hall, Richmond, London, helping a sweet old lady set out chairs. Every… Read More »The Richmond Circle
The Farmer With Open Eyes
For our entertainment, we commonly turn to stories that would – and regularly do – horrify us when real. The psychologist David Zald talks of… Read More »The Farmer With Open Eyes
The Ill-fitting Suit
In the brouhaha leading up to the choice of France’s next president, no one has thought to interview the tailor who makes the constitutional suit.… Read More »The Ill-fitting Suit
Stringing words together
Though no longer an expat, at least not in Mayotte, I still get email alerts of new threads on the expat blog’s Mayotte forum. (Actually,… Read More »Stringing words together
Tiki and Percy
Tiki and Percy were friends. It hadn’t always been so. When Tiki arrived, Percy had been there a dozen years. ‘Where on earth’, he wondered,… Read More »Tiki and Percy
I have Eno Flight
Shall we talk about ‘otherness’ in Othello? No? How about ‘flux’ in The Wild Palms? Doesn’t appeal either? Oh, well. It’s true they’re hardly topics… Read More »I have Eno Flight