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Celebrity Come Diving

It’s somewhere after nine on Friday night, and I’m in the kitchen, escaping from the TV. Tonight’s televisual […]

February 1, 2013 Uncategorized

That Was the Week That Is – Weasels in Week 5

Week 5 The French have an annoying habit of reckoning the year in weeks. An example – the […]

February 1, 2013 Uncategorized

Death of a Snowman

Show’s over, or snow’s over. So a couple of dead snowmen. Nothing more sad than dead snow.  

January 22, 2013 Uncategorized

Life’s a Gas in Paris

The headline read  «Big Stink in Paris» – nothing to do with today’s teacher strike, when half the […]

January 22, 2013 Uncategorized

Killing The King

So, the French in Mali – just two years on from « The Arab Spring ». There’s quite a bit […]

January 21, 2013 Uncategorized

Ça va Mal(i) – Part One

So, excuse the awful French pun, but « ça va mal en France. » – Things are bad. It’s official. […]

January 20, 2013 Uncategorized

SNOW

It has been forecast for days, but we are always unprepared.

January 20, 2013 Uncategorized

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