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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’
Lip service
RE: your May article about kissing (Make sense of la bise, p19)
I am a member of a French masonic lodge and on my first encounter with French masons I was taken aback by the amount of kissing that occurred but now accept it as normal.
One Frenchman explained the intricacies of kissing ladies as follows.... on first meeting a lady only shake hands; if you know her well, kiss both cheeks; if you know her very well, then there may come a time when you can kiss all four.
GaryHutton, by email
