If you are looking for locally based Anglo writers to add to your summer reading list you can find two under the same roof and start your search with their sites listed here. Clair and Jeremy could be described as an enthusiastic, friendly and eclectic couple with
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By 1950, Kenya was on the verge of one of the bloodiest and most protracted wars of decolonisation fought in Britain’s twentieth century empire.’ Britain’s Gulag. P 28. White Lies is about different kinds of war and different kinds of loving. It explores the fragility and partiality
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What good fun this recent debate about courses being taught in English in French universities. It all started with Genevieve Fioraso, the Minister of Higher Education, modestly suggesting a reform to an old law that was already willfully ignored by the majority of Higher Education institutions, particularly
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Palavas is a town that inspires one to say « looks like this would have been a nice place to visit about 50 years ago ». That, if one has good taste, is the about the most complementary thing someone will say about the town after a quick look.
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Loulou and Philou (your very own loulous) are so exited to have opened their international deli cafe in the arceaux neighbourhood of Montpellier. At international loulou you can find Italian cold meats, anti pasti, fabulous cheddar and Stilton as well as home made carrot cake and cheesecake,
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We are looking for charismatic, highly motivated teachers to join our team in the South of France. We offer a full in house training programme and provide teaching materials for each lesson. We employ only native speakers and offer full time work in a salaried position. Our
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Three nights ago I came my closest ever to being in an action film and I hate action films. So my little one decided she was not going to sleep. Fortunately, this is rare but on this particular night she was into everything. She even turned on
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It all started in February 2011, on holiday from my 2nd year postgraduate degree in music therapy at Montpellier University, France, I visited my parents in Nottingham, England. My mother had saved me an article from the Daily Telegraph « Music therapy has flipped the switch for U.S
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Now that the Findus company has been found out for supplying its customers with horse meat passed off as beef, no one could blame people in the U.K for shying away from foreign products returning to local comfort foods. This is a little more difficult to do
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The dead of winter is upon us. The populace is bloated from too much Champaign and foie gras (if there is such a thing). If you are an Anglophone living in the South of France, you have probably added travel to the list of things that contribute
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