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How to be French Part 1
Many people will say well you鈥檙e French if you鈥檙e born French 鈥 but is it really as simple as that? And what makes French people ...
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Je ne regrette rien moving to France
In February 2004, on a cold and sleety February morning, I boarded a ferry at Dover and watched the famous White Cliffs fade as I ...
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UNESCO-listed baguette a French cultural treasure
Bread Man bought my baguette this week and handed it over with a little flourish. 鈥淶is鈥 he said, 鈥渮is 鈥榰mble baguette I made with my ...
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Winner winner chicken dinner
When, out of the blue, I received a message from the American Library in Paris informing me that my book had been nominated for their ...
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Favourite villages of the French 2022
Every year I look forward to the TV Show Village pr茅f茅r茅 des Fran莽ais 鈥 the favourite village of the French, presented by the likeable St茅phane ...
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The good life France in April
With spring in full swing, in April, our thoughts in this rural part of northern France turn to wood. I don鈥檛 mean literally of ...
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Life in France in March
Whenever friends or family come to stay, they鈥檙e a bit taken aback at how busy my life is in rural northern France. 鈥淲e thought you鈥檇 ...
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Life in France in February
In the far north of France where I live in the lovely Seven Valleys, by the time February arrives, we’re usually feeling a bit soggy ...
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Life in France in January
Every year it鈥檚 the same in my little village in the Seven Valleys, northern France. Madame Bernadette who lives at the bottom of the hill ...
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Peyton Place Chicken Pen
As a poultry keeper, I鈥檓 always amazed by the antics of my birds. I have ducks, chickens and geese 鈥 they鈥檙e pets, not for the ...
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