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I moved to France for the cake – and then learned to love British baking
Columnist Sarah Henshaw rediscovers the British baking tradition of comfort, jam and just having a go
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Is it time to shorten France's school holidays?
Pascal Bressoux, professor of educational sciences at the University of Grenoble Alpes, explains why the school timetables need a rethink
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Savoyards poke fun at Parisians over snow disruption
A few centimetres shut down capital but for those in Savoie ‘it’s time to clear the chalet steps so no one slips after an apero’
Elderly care in France so good
By the end of next year, I shall be 90.
My wife is younger but going downhill rapidly under the iniquitous effects of Alzheimer’s.
Fortunately, it is French policy to enable sufferers to live in their own environment rather than to be shunted off into wards or institutions.
Daily nurse’s visits and meals on wheels (repas à domicile) – five courses (la France oblige!) are our experience. Vive la France!
TB O’Hara, Maine-et-Loire
