St Malo was our first family holiday town. It’s an extraordinary walled city on the Northern Brittany coast, less than two hours by car from La Grée, and on the way by…
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1996: a crappy year
Grandma began 1996 by spending New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day too for that matter, in Wycombe Hospital, four miles from her home in Marlow. Her ailments were increasing and diversifying into cancer. What upset…
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Blending or agitating or churning, depending on the day . . . .
When any couple moves in together, there is a lot for each to get to know in the other. In our case, we never had the time! No, that’s not what I mean! I…
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Nothing matches Disney decor
It’s a Small World, at night. When Disneyland Paris, then called Eurodisney, opened its doors, there was a real possibility that it would flop, that Europeans, and in particular the French, would…
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“Kiss the World Goodbye”
My mum died in July 1996 after a long series of illnesses. At the time, Marie-Helene’s and my family was busy blending, meaning going pretty much crazy, her two children, my two…