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Thursday, December 9
Taxis drivers remember the troubles
Taxi drivers and ex drivers from Northern Ireland talk about their experiances during the Troubles. Desparate times, you can see the raw emotion from these guys even after a few years have now passed.
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The Dordogne Valley: An ideal film location
Commarque Just a few of the many films that have been filmed in this area: • 1970 Le boucher , of Claude Chabrol in Trémolat • 1972 Colinot...
Sayonara! Back in ten days!
I am off to the exciting city of Yokohama, where I shall be presenting training at a conference (in this amazing Intercontinental Hotel) an...
The Giant Omelette at Haux, Gironde
Every year, for the last 26 years, on Easter Monday, a giant omelette is made -- not only to retain the title of the biggest omelette in the...
The joys of Summer in the Dordogne
Between the birds and myself, there is a scramble every morning to get to the ripe strawberries first. Sometimes we share (-- meaning they e...
Upcoming event: Wilna will be in conversation with Albert Croce about her experiences and reflections all along her pilgrimage. Friday 20 November
Lancement du livre de Wilna Wilkinson Vendredi 20 novembre 2009 à 19h00, Centre Aquitaine Langues « The Way of Stars and Stones » Conférence...
Confused
I was sent to pick up a fare on Walney Island when I pulled up outside the house and this elderly man from next door came out and jumped in ...
A Spencer Tunick Installation coming to our area!
22 April 2006 will see another of the American artist, Spencer Tunick's giant 'sculptural' installations --- this time in St Se...
A shift in the life. Cool video from a New York Cabbie
Stéphane Spittael : an artist, observer and commentator
" L'apprenti sorcier " 90 x 120 cm Acrylique sur toile 2006 Since I arrived in the Dordogne Perigord, I have often remarked on...
What's on in France : Why you definitely want to be in Paris in April
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Another successful event at the Chateau: A Literary Evening with Michael Sadler
On Friday night, 12 May, the Aquitaine Langues and Chateau Lalinde hosted another wildly successful Literary Evening -- this time, once agai...
The Giant Omelette at Haux, Gironde
Every year, for the last 26 years, on Easter Monday, a giant omelette is made -- not only to retain the title of the biggest omelette in the...
Asterix vs Manga : Japanese comics conquer the heart of France
"Comic books or bandes dessinees as they are called in the French-speaking world have been a significant part of French culture since...
A Spencer Tunick Installation coming to our area!
22 April 2006 will see another of the American artist, Spencer Tunick's giant 'sculptural' installations --- this time in St Se...
Easter in France : The church bells are silent....
Anne Wipf. , the artist of this lovely rendition of the Easter Bells , writes about her work: "In the French tradition, on Tuesday be...
An almost 'empty' River Dordogne, and Surfing the Bore
This week the Dordogne river in front of the chateau dropped to an all-time low --- well, to be exact, to an all-time-since-I-arrived-here-l...
Riding the tidal bore on the Gironde! : Mascaret
It is already a year ago when I last wrote about the Dordogne/Gironde Tidal Bore, or the Mascaret, as it is known, and now the season is b ...
The Gendarmerie in all shapes and sizes?? NOOOOO!! I want my heroes to be goodlooking, please!!
Height and weight rule axed for French police , was reported in the news last week. Apparently height and weight requirements for police off...
More Cyrano de Bergerac d'Edmond Rostand
And here is the excerpt I was going to give you, before the brash Mr Gibson so rudely interrupted! Acte 1, scène IV, "la tirade du n...
The Expat Business, a Social Phenomenon of our Times.
It is not often that I promote someone else on my blog. But I make the exception because of a site that I mentioned discovering the other ...
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