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
Live for today As another 70-plus retiree, I was interested in Christopher Vanier’s article (Connexion, October edition). Published: 11 November 2019
Authority is jumping gun A letter sent from NHS Business Services Authority states that the UK is leaving the European Union on October 31. Published: 11 November 2019
An unlawful ‘black hole’ My wife and I bought our house in France in 2001 with the aim of spending our retirement here. Published: 11 November 2019
SNCF service so deplorable I was interested to read your article about SNCF (Connexion online) and its new platform policies. Published: 11 November 2019
Aghast at vitriol in UK My wife and I arrived in France in 2003 on a three-year work posting and fell in love with the people, the language and the culture. Published: 11 November 2019
Penalty should fit the crime – for all According to news reports, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy risks one year of imprisonment and a fine of €3,750 if convicted of illegal campaign funding. Published: 11 November 2019