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A collection of my writings on politics, France, crime and security, current events, music, food, football and whatever else catches my interest
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France vs UK: hits and misses (opens the original)
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A little earlier than most years, it’s time to make that 1,400km trek from the sunny shores of the Mediterranean to whatever winter awaits in London.And as always, there are things to be said for and against the two different lifestyles.Where we live when in France is the small resort of Le Lavandou, roughly midway between Toulon and Saint-Tropez but, being relatively quiet, unlike either.The commune of Le Lavandou is a magical place. Gorgeous bays, a dozen fine beaches and a lively cafe society
Christelle and baby Elsie: a heartbreaking but also heartwarming story (opens the original)
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On the morning our granddaughter Elsie was born, we sat nervously in a spartan room next to the delivery suite. The sound of doctors and nurses racing along the corridor in reinforcement was the first sign of concern.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal"
A taste of Russia, frozen beneath the French Riviera sun (opens the original)
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Given how stinking rich Gennady and Elena Timchenko are, you wouldn’t expect to get far offering a penny for their thoughts on the war in Ukraine.The Russian-Finnish-Armenian oligarch and his wife own Le Club, a luxurious haven of peace just outside Cavalière and blessed with views across one of the loveliest bays of the Côte d’Azur. She has the majority stake in the French holding company Sogeco.It is not the only sumptuous property they and other super-wealthy Russians own in this part of the
Meeting the mother of the only convicted 9/11 plotter (opens the original)
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Twenty-five years ago today, I sat in a barber’s chair in London and watched, on his little wall-mounted television, the horrific attack that brought down the Twin Towers.Only one man has been convicted of direct complicity in the evil mass murder of September 11 2001. He is French and 15 years ago I drove to the town of Narbonne to meet his mother.It was a harrowing interview to conduct. Aïcha El Wafi was far too decent a woman to feel the slightest sympathy for the depraved men who committed s
The kind of foreigner Reform can stomach (opens the original)
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This may or may not be a Salut! Life exclusive, but here are leaked extracts of a speech to the Reform conference by Jordan Bardella, leader of the French far right party Rassemblement National (RN).The name was changed from the more jackbootish Front National as part of Marine Le Pen’s campaign to detoxify the image of a party co-founded by her father,… Read more
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