How shopping in French markets has helped me to mend my fancy London ways
One thing I do know about market day is that, however early I arrive, however few things I buy, I never get home before noon. Time stretches,…
It was easier to buy a baguette in London than it is here in France
My heroes used to be poets, great actors, scientists. Now, they are the people walking smartly across the square in front of my house at 9am, baguettes…
Why I’m letting go of London perfectionism for laid-back life in Languedoc
For many years – most of my adult life, probably – I began each day with a list in the way Victorians often began their days with…