Career change in France: Highway maintenance to natural pools Alex Wells explains how building her own chlorine-free swimming pool led to a new role
I moved to France and became an English translator by accident A letter to a magazine editor in 1997 complaining about its poor translation led to a job offer to do better
Career change: Africa safari guide to recycled art in France We talk to Josie Easton about how wildlife still influences her ‘trash-to-treasure’ artwork in Limousin ‘I got a French master’s degree based on my professional experience’ Career change: ‘What I learned at 54 working in a French vineyard’ Career change in France: Amsterdam charity to gîte guru in Dordogne
Career change in France: I Googled ‘can animals talk to people?’ Colleen Kersey tells how a Reiki experience helped her discover she can talk to animals
‘I drew in five minutes the absolute pain of a lifetime’ Retired courtroom artist shares her many years of experience covering France’s most memorable and harrowing trials
Career change in France: ‘I never tire of talking about World War Two’ From graphic designer to D-Day tour business - we speak to a Dutch woman who turned her passion for history into a new life
Career change in France: Alpacas really feel like family Sophie Hargreaves tells The Connexion how she went from housing to husbandry
Career change in France: ‘My passion for pottery now pays the bills’ Sara Wevill explains how she finally found the confidence to make a living from ceramics
‘I swapped hairdressing in UK for family window business in France’ Jane Robertshaw, explains how hairdressing kept her away from her sons. Their move to France brought a new family venture
‘My career change in France was all thanks to a rat problem’ In the UK Robert Moon was a private eye but rodents in his French house – plus a friend’s help – kicked off an unlikely new profession as a pest controller
Discover Bordeaux’s fountains through the man who worked on them Michel Cessateur has been involved with every fountain in the city since the end of the 1970s and now shows tourists his favourites
‘My back pain inspired me to retrain in France as a Bowen therapist’ In the UK Elaine Cronin was a poultry specialist but severe back pain changed the course of her new French life
Career change: from barber to representing France with luxury woodwork Mark Collett, 56, explains how he swapped his converted bus hair salon to work with wood like his father and grandfather Career change in France: nuclear inspector to yoga teacher Career change in France: from window displays to powerful photography Career change: From IT to a tea-grower with Normandy plantation
Career change in France: Paris attack made me reflect on what I wanted An ex-car industry executive explains why her focus changed from profits to people Career change: UK charity CEO close to burnout found balance in France Lawyer to chef: My hobby inspired me to open a crêperie in French Alps We bought a lake in France and turned our fishing holidays into jobs 'My experience of being a district nurse in France: C’est différent' Making sense of post-baccalauréat options in France
How a mason climbed his way to career carved in stone Christophe Allegri has worked with stone for 30 years after discovering his interest in architecture during student antics climbing on scaffolding, pipes and church guttering
French ex-surfer turns hemp farmer Retired professional surfer Vincent Lartizien has relaunched professional hemp growing in France. He now has 40 bio-farmers producing the crop while he develops factories to process it.
In pursuit of happiness In our occasional series looking at people who have taken a very different career path since moving to France, Gillian Harvey meets happiness coach Nicky Peet , 48, in Nantes
Life of a music agent moves to a different beat Denis Adam, 34, is a press officer and music agent living in Indre. He is also part of the team that organises the annual Indre reggae festival Issoudun Reggae Temple, which in 2016 takes place between 18 and 20 November