Still busy doing interviews for the ex-pat press. Here's my offering that appears in this month's edition of the Connexion.
Honesty Is The Best Policy.
Estate … more
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AH, LE P’TIT KAWA
@ 05.07.2012 – 08:16:05
More scribblings form my monthly column on the Connexion ex-pat newspaper. This month, took a trip down to my" local" ftp check out provincial café society. In … more -
Something cheesy
@ 27.11.2009 – 18:45:15
Been out and about again, interviewing the locals. This time round, we are talking goat. How much do you know about goats? Probably not as much as Fabrice … more -
Overpaid, Underworked and a Job for Life - French Teachers
@ 04.09.2009 – 17:33:53
I did this one last Saturday for my newspaper, to whom I submitted an edited version. A lengthy interview with two teacher friends of mine. Seeing as … more -
Meeting the Corsican Fireman
@ 30.08.2009 – 16:48:26
Even during the summer hols, I was labouring away. On our trip to Corsica, I took time out to talk to Jean Marc Mattei, a Corsiocan Volunteer Fireman. … more -
SLAUGTHER IN ST JUST – meeting Georges Minchin, the Coypu killer.
@ 03.08.2009 – 15:57:09
Here's a good one for the "Silly Season" - an interview with our local coypu catcher. An editied version of this appears in this month's copy of The … more -
Mr Beef the Butcher.
@ 29.06.2009 – 18:23:26
Here's another of those interviews I do with the locals. This one concerns my butcher - Monsiuer Le Boeuf (Mr Beef - his real name). A truncated version … more -
La Vie à la Ferme
@ 04.05.2009 – 16:45:41
Just published this in the Connexion. They didn't use the full version, so here it is for you. Forget the Archers, we are talking French farmers; … more -
Small Town God
@ 27.03.2009 – 12:27:40
Time to turn to religious matters on the blog. Easter is almost upon us. A few weeks ago, I nipped along to interview our Paris priest for the newspaper … more -
Get ahead, get a hat
@ 28.02.2009 – 17:14:34
Been out and about in search of la vraie France once again. Here’s an interview with our local hatter – one of the last (if not the last) in the region. … more
