Driving along the main road, I’m happy there are only 11 kilometres to home. I slow down to pass through a village of older cream stone grey-slated houses, interspersed with Roman tile roofed single-storey homes. Halfway through, I reach the open area to the side, not even a proper village square. A blue-uniformed armed figure […]
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January 10th, 2015 | Tags: Charlie Hebdo, freedom of expression, Gendarmes | Category: Events, France, Insights | 6 comments - (Comments are closed) A welcome return visit from my writing friend David Ebsworth telling us about his next project … 1815. The 200th anniversary is looming. A passion for the Napoleonic period is tugging at my writing hand. Yes, I thought, my next one will be about Waterloo. But from what angle? I began looking for the […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!November 6th, 2014 | Tags: heroines, historical, women warriors | Category: Authors, France, Guests, Research, Women warriors, Women's history | 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Last weekend, I spent two lovely days at a local literary festival at the village of Saint-Clémentin in the Deux-Sèvres. Guests included Michèle Roberts, Leigh Russell and Blake Morrison, plus a number of local writers and poets. Walking with poetry – the mill
There were walks with poetry, writing projects with […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!September 4th, 2014 | Tags: Books, conferences, litfest | Category: Events, France | 4 comments - (Comments are closed) |
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