Just over four months ago, there was a most welcome change in Tréguennec. On 21 March, 2026 to be precise, a new Mayor was elected and in no time the atmosphere in our tiny village with its 326 voters began to change. By two ingenious moves - one domestic, one cultural - Jean-Daniel Mao and…
Moments that Eased Two Horrors of Paris.
Over the years I have learned how to get round large areas of central Paris. My introduction started sixty years ago when Rohan was a student of philosophy at the Sorbonne, and I a medical student in London, and I would go to visit her. When there, she showed me her favourite haunts, and of…
Blackbirds with Influence
This is the story of four blackbirds who share our lives in Richmond. One was the source of conflict; two helped resolve the difference; the fourth was a present given to mark the resolution. The conflict, which although important to me may well appear to others as trivial, centred around a full-sized painting of a…
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