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
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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 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
How racist are you?
http://www.liberation.fr/france/2016/09/04/marine-le-pen-fait-sa-rentree-a-brachay_1482625 Roudy stared at her, blinking. ‘What makes you think I’m looking for anyone?’ It was Magali’s turn to be taken aback. ‘Well, if Benamrouche… Read More »How racist are you?
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
Flics and Flicks
‘And the police?’ asked Antoine. ‘Who’s in charge? We’re deep in gendarme territory here.’ To someone not French, that might seem a little opaque. Gendarme… Read More »Flics and Flicks
Cheese in the Roots
Have you ever read a roman de terroir? Or even better, written one? How do you even translate that? There’s no English equivalent for terroir,… Read More »Cheese in the Roots