HAS France gone to the dogs and 'sold her soul on the altar of globalism and Americanisation'. Well that’s what journalist Peter Millar believes writing in the Daily Mail as he explains why he has sold his holiday home in the Dordogne. He fell in love with France during a... Read more →
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Brits head back to UK, leaving their animals behind
IT must take a particularly cold heart to leave your animals behind and return to the UK, hoping that someone else will pick up the pieces. But that was the reason why Lynn Stone, of the charity Les Amis des Chats, took a call from a French family looking for... Read more →
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Le Grand Meaulnes, by Alain-Fournier
JUST before I set off for my return to France a friend said I should read Le Grand Meaulnes, by Alain-Fournier. He gave me his copy to pack away in one of the boxes I loaded up into the car and once I’d arrived in the Dordogne countryside I started... Read more →
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English language business fair in Riberac
THE next English speaking business fair, organised by Angel Traders, takes place in Riberac on Saturday, September 19. And the Chateau Le Mas De Montet will be the grand setting for a variety of trades who are expected to attend, including translators, financial advisers and property services. Seminars will take... Read more →
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Schools face closure if swine flu outbreak
THE education minister, Luc Chatel, has said that if three children in the same class suffer from swine flu, or Grippe A, in the same week then the school will be closed down for at least six days. The reopening of the school would only take place if there was... Read more →
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Take a French crossword challenge
HERE is your chance to take a few minutes out of your day to ponder the latest French language crossword. Titled The Bottle it is a two page .pdf that you can download and print off. Beverley has already created two other crosswords, The Man and The Apple, so feel... Read more →
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