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Gary Mullen and The Works One Night of Queen in France

It was with some excitement that I ventured out on a chilly January day to the Sceneo events venue in St Omer, northern France. It’s ...
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I love My Personalised Luggage

Everywhere I travel people stare at my luggage! It’s okay though, I’m happy for them to do it because my luggage is part of my ...
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Summer ducklings in The Good Life France Pen!

In the last couple of months, Rocky the Rescue Duck has had 6 ducklings. I didn’t expect it as I didn’t even know she was ...
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A Moment With Moët et Chandon Epernay

I’ve loved Champagne since I was 18 years old when a boyfriend whose middle name was Rutherford gave me a bottle of Moët et Chandon ...
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Will I get the Legion d’Honneur for my services to France?

Last week I received this message, and I promise you it’s real: “It’s nice for a French bloke to see that you guys love my ...
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La Belle Vie

People often ask me about where I live in France, when I tell them the Seven Valleys, Pas de Calais, the usual reaction is that ...
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The Beer Festival and Le Madison Dance in France

I recently told you I was off to a beer festival with an Austrian oompah band (if you missed my newsletter about it you can ...
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L’Escargot, London’s oldest French Restaurant

I go back and forth between the UK and France all the time but until recently I never noticed how much of a French influence ...
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New Year’s Eve French Style

It’s New Year’s Eve and where I live in the middle of nowhere, rural Pas de Calais, northern France, it’s fairly quiet for most of ...
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Christmas Day and the Christmas Truce Statue

Across a muddy battlefield, two young men reach out to shake hands over a football – marking one of the most extraordinary events of the ...
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