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Dr Tim Blakemore, a former senior law lecturer at the University of Northampton who now lives in France, looks at British and French attitudes to man’s best friend

I was delighted to read the article in the May edition of The Connexion by Nick Inman entitled “Make life easy on yourself when learning a language”. Before I retired, my work took me all over the world and I often found myself the only English speaking person in a factory/office. 

We have owned a town house in northern France for 10 years and have never considered applying for residency let alone citizenship, as we have been happy to come and go frequently.