Speed is not the danger on French roads I read with interest, and glee, that drivers who hog the middle and/or the outside autoroute lanes will be fined. Published: 27 November 2019
Charge query I hired a car through Vehicle-Rent.com online from Bordeaux-Mérignac. Published: 27 November 2019
Grape way to learn French I once had the humiliating experience of working alongside a professional grape picker. By lunchtime he had covered stacks more rows than me. Published: 27 November 2019
France’s food leaves me cold We live in Poitiers where, besides the excessive prices of any food, bio or not, the quality is also bad, in all the supermarkets. Published: 27 November 2019
Fighting for UK pensions As a result of the article in Connexion about how the UK lied to me about pension rights, the campaign group British Pensioners for Justice has received nearly 200 messages of support. Published: 27 November 2019
Jospin beaten by split vote It was a shame that Simon Heffer (Connexion, Comment, November issue) marred an otherwise excellent round-up of recent French presidents by including a slur that says more about his own prejudice than about the facts. Published: 27 November 2019
Help save French forests In Corrèze, an association called Faîte et Racines (tinyurl.com/vvdlno7) is trying to crowd-fund a project to save some hectares of local forest from what it calls “coupes razes”, where parcels of land are sold to companies who remove established woodland. Published: 27 November 2019
No end in sight for Brexit fuss Like many Britons I will be only too pleased to see the end of Brexit and the Westminster soap opera filling our screens. Published: 27 November 2019
UK government caught in referendum trap The tragedy of an irrevocably divided UK is the result of a shambolic Brexit, sired by a totally inappropriate and equally shambolic referendum. Published: 27 November 2019
Fight online hatred Inaccurate, hate-filled messages about expatriates can be found on UK news websites. Published: 27 November 2019