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The Francophile Condition
My name is Matthew and I am a Francophile. It’s a bizarre condition. It can creep up on you in all sorts of ways, just …
Off the Beaten Track in France | A Passion for Produce
Mmmm, food shopping in France! If I’ve got a bit of time before having to catch the ferry home after a meeting in France, …
France | Off the beaten track
When I was eleven, my mother bought an old rundown farmhouse in the Pas de Calais, just near the market town of Desvres. There …
French Style: French Garden Style
We asked Nikki McArthur to talk to us about gardening style in France. Nikki and her husband Gary own and manage Kingdom Végétal, a Garden Centre …
French Style File: Norway meets France… interior design with flair
We met up with Hege Morris from Norway – a hugely talented interior designer who is married to a Scotsman called Craig with whom she …
French Style: “Bonjour Beauties” from California
At The Good Life France we are always on the lookout for sites about France and we especially like it when we find someone …
A French Life: Toby the dog and a dream come true for reader Susan Keefe
Today’s post comes from the lovely Susan Keefe, author of children’s book Toby’s Tails who lives in Le Mans, Pays de Loire – home of …
A French Life: An artists’s memoires of Paris
A short while ago, we published a guest blog from an artist called Madeline who makes the most exquisite thread creatures and embroidered knick knacks …
Fossil sites ignite passion of a palaeontologist in France
Géry Janczik is a History and Geography teacher near Amiens but also a passionate palaeontologist. Géry is never happier than when he is searching …
Ramassage des poules, or “chicken picking”
Reader Colin Peake sent us this quirky piece about the time he worked as a “chicken picker” in France. If you ever wondered about how …