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Category Archive: Britain

In The Back Row (of the movies)

Saturday night, seduction in the suburbs, not sex in the city. In The Back Row It was way […]

January 6, 2019 Britain, Cinema, drifting, Film, Fun, love, nostalgia, Poetry, Time Travel, Uncategorized, writing

Ravage me please! (In a Northern Town)

Everyone should make love in a northern town   Saturday night In a northern town. Chucking out time. […]

January 6, 2019 Alcohol, Britain, Fun, Hangover, love, Sex, Uncategorized, writing

Let Them Eat Cheese Cake!

In this current spell of cold weather, I am always starving and I hanker after a slice of […]

February 9, 2018 Britain, cake, Cooking, Culture, deepest france, Food, France, gastronomy, History, language lessons, Small town, Tea

Flights of Fancy?

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There’s certainly plenty up in the air where I live – flimsy; single-engine light aircraft, limping in and […]

January 23, 2018 Airports, Bourges, Brexit, Britain, Cheap flights, countryside, deepest france, Economy, Ex-pat, France, French, Holidays, Hub airports, Low cost carriers, Rural Life, seaside, Tourism, TRAVEL

Three Million Brits Could Be French

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Good news! The Entente Cordiale is alive and well. Last week French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime […]

January 20, 2018 Brexit, Britain, Employement, Europe, Ex-pat, France, French, nationality, Work

Red white and blue and blue white and red

This year that I am French Is nationality a pièce of paper or a state of mind ?– as […]

January 7, 2018 Brexit, Britain, Culture, deepest france, Europe, Ex-pat, France, French, Heritage, Life, nationality, Provincial France, Small town, Weather, Work

Was It Ever Like That?

Was It Ever Like That? Ex-pat reflections on the Christmas that never was gleaned from collective memy The […]

December 22, 2017 Britain, Christmas, Ex-pat, France, Fun, Ghosts, Life, London, Music, rubbish, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

The Ghosts Of Christmas Past

A few ghosts of Christmas past – for mum and dad who always laid themselves out for a […]

December 22, 2017 Ageing, Britain, Christmas, Culture, Death, Family, Fun, Ghosts, History, London, New Year, TRAVEL

Semi Circular

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Driving cross London – the A406 – or North Circular Road – a three lane 1960’s built highway […]

August 5, 2017 Britain, Culture, driving, London, photography, TRAVEL

Make mine a Doner

Just finished painting the bathroom, and I now finally have time for a “photographic” post. The theme is […]

July 27, 2017 Bourges, Britain, Café, Cooking, Food, London, photography, Small town

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