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A French Christmas, The Log, then and now
On Christmas day 1066 William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. The English and French who were present cheered the new King so loudly that the clamour alarmed and panicked the French soldiers waiting…
Mon kilomètre : les richesses cachées d’une petite parcelle
Pour cette semaine de printemps, voici mon kilomètre pendant cette période de sorties restreintes.
Et le vôtre? Sous des contraintes pareilles on pourrait apprendre beaucoup sur notre environnement naturel immédiat, aussi modeste ou pauvre qu'il ait...
Why Dutch and Belgian Farmers choose France
At our New Year’s drinks party at the local Mairie (Town Hall) in rural Normandy, our regional MP dared speak up about French attitudes during this period of the longest strikes France has ever seen. She said we are getting a reputation as a nation ...
Les actus
A French Christmas, The Log, then and now
On Christmas day 1066 William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. The English and French who were present cheered the new King so loudly that the clamour alarmed and panicked the French soldiers waiting…
Song Thrush, Normandy
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Fiction
Le Train
Cette courte nouvelle a été écrite à plusieurs au sein de notre rers (pour plus de...
Arctic Shaman’s Seance
The snow fell quietly, covering the settlement in a thick white blanket. The shaman had told Okwana she’d recognize the singing hut by the large narwhal ivory which jutted up out of the roof; it whistled when the wind raced over the ice, he’d said. The flakes flew round her in eddies, whipped up by […]
The Hat
John stood in front of his mirror. His hair was receding, it was falling out at an alarming rate. He inspected his scalp and decided: yes, he’d have to get a hat. The cream wasn’t working. He’d been rubbing it in for three weeks but that was not good because there was hardly anything left […]