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INGERLAND

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This strange country we call Ingerlund. This evening, soccer fans all over the Green and Sceptered Isle – […]

July 3, 2018 football, photography, Sport, TV

When it Comes to the Crunch

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It’s the Soccer World Cup, and this afternoon France played a particularly long, fastidious and defensive match against […]

June 26, 2018 Art, Barbecue, collage, football, photography, Sport

Sporting Weekend

Yes. I’ve been away for a long time. Mostly trying to find my way through the tortuous and […]

July 6, 2014 France, French, Holidays, Sport

France Grinds to a Halt for Football

Football (or soccer) – the French national game. The only sport (apart from cycling) with more or less everyone […]

July 4, 2014 France, French, History, Sport, TV

Belgium Invades France (and football)

Unfinished but readable And here is the news All through the night Belgian troops have been pouring across […]

October 29, 2013 politics, Sport, Weekend
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  • CHEZ MOI
    • Bourges – My Accidental Place of Exile
    • Slipping into my small town
    • On The Edge of Nowhere
  • MEET THE LOCALS
    • Earning a Crust in Deepest France
    • Meet Mr Beef the Butcher
    • Going Smokeless In the Heart of France
    • Ah, le P’tit Kawa
    • The Man In the Van
    • A Hunting We Will Go
    • Slaughter In St Just
    • Getting Horny
    • Small Town Sex – Meeting Madame Eva
    • Provincial Pleasures
    • The Confessions of Father B
    • Weaving Wedding Dreams
    • Now The Music’s Over …
    • On The Fiddle In Bourges
    • Hats Off to the Hatter
    • Meeting the Goatman
    • Double Johnny
  • ESCAPE
    • Thoughts on Travel Writing
    • Holidays – The Usefulness and Purpose Of
    • We’re All Bloody Tourists
    • Advice on Holidays abroad
    • Packing
    • Brief Thoughts on Hotels
    • Festive Journeys
    • Going Nowhere
    • On The Way To a Funeral
    • London Pleasures
    • The Seventh Circle of Hell
  • FRENCH LESSONS
    • Lesson One – Merde en France
    • Lesson Two – On est dans la merde
    • Lesson Three – Sacré Bleu!
    • Lesson Four – C’est con
    • Lesson Five – Je m’en fous
    • Lesson Six – Mustn’t grumble (Bof)
    • Lesson Seven – Brothels and Bicycles
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