A 19-year-old apprentice butcher has received a suspended jail sentence for terrorising children while dressed as a clown with a stick resembling a long knife, in scenes reminiscent of a slasher movie. Continue reading…
Tag Archives: France
Le monde entier s’émeut devant la chambre du jeune soldat de l’Indre
It’s not often that I’m interviewed about a story I’ve written. In this case, the Nouvelle Ré publique was flattered that they were quoted. Continue reading (in French)…
Bumper French wine crop clouded by threat of wood decay
The French grape harvest has produced a bumper crop for 2014 after two years of adverse weather conditions. But the smiles could be wiped off winegrowers’ faces if wood decay disease, which now affects 12 per cent of vines in all of France’s wine-growing regions, continues its relentless march across the country. Continue reading…
French soldier’s room unchanged 96 years after his death in first world war
The name of dragoons officer Hubert Rochereau is commemorated on a war memorial in Bélâbre, his native village in central France, along with those of other young men who lost their lives in the first world war. Continue reading…
Postcard from…Paris
French singer Jacques Higelin, “godfather” of the annual wine festival in Montmartre, urged the crowd to enjoy themselves. Continue reading…
Anne Penketh 