I was green with envy. Why do I always miss out? Answer, because I don't generally know that there is anything happening that I will be missing until after it has happened and I have duly missed it. Friends in the next department are in the...

A French soldier serving in Afghanistan has just had the pleasure of being told that he is, in fact, French. Having always thought he was, it should have come as no surprise to him, but I imagine he greeted the news with relief all the same, since he...

Never let it be said that France Telecom is unfair. Inefficient, greedy, expensive, yes, but unfair...no. It has been the objet of press speculation recently as there have been several cases of suicide by employees of the institution, suffering from...

The summer switched itself off dramatically into frosts, then rain, and now gales.....and the leaves started to fall. As did the bills. This is the time of year when I keep a bottle of whisky and a comfortable chair by the back door, for emergency aid...

I have been in the UK, visiting mother....for the first time since I moved to France, she has not been well enough to visit me, so the mountain went to Mahommet, and, surprisingly, enjoyed the whole trip. I might want to lie down for a few days to...