(illustration by French artist Christine Chamson)
He came washed up, limbs wavering
shells caught in the net of his Sargasso hair
the glint of the sea lodged in his eye
the roar of its jubilance caged in his ear.
His mouth was a cavern of wo…
Desert Hyena
He asked to be forgiven
clutched his head with worn-out fingers
clean white nails filed evenly
moon-shaped….
New figures for agricultural land, France. Dirt cheap?
Official figures are just out – 4 July – giving the average market value of agricultural land in France (2017). Prices are in Euros per hectare (hectare = ‘are’ in French). A hectare is 10.000 square metres. Consult the grid here.
https://www.legi…
Farmers and Beekepers together ?
A European Bee Partnership, the first ever integrated approach of its kind in Europe, was launched last Friday 29th June at the outcome of the European Parliament’s Bee Week.
The idea of the Partnersh…
Air Pollution: Is Paris Gasping? And the rest of the world?
The Eiffel Tower beckons us from a distance as we drive in to Paris on the motorway from Normandy. Her graceful shape will never cease to give me that moment’s thrill when approaching – the same thrill I had when I first arrived in this city decade…