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- Category: Anniversaires
- Category: Art
- The agonies of Monet’s 26th year
- The painter of a happy life, in Champsecret
- Monet’s unquiet heart, in Étretat
- The Monet in the wardrobe, or
- Claude Monet by himself, part 3 – Shocking the public ‘en plein air’
- Claude Monet by himself, part 4 – The power of friendship
- An interview with Claude Monet 1924; The water lilies of Giverny
- The space explorer who never left earth, from Donville-les-Bains
- Wild at art, in Pirou
- Memories of an artist at the edge of the world; Millet in Gruchy
- The resurrection of a talking Church in Ménil-Gondouin
- More watercolours of Normandy by Gordon C. Home – guest artist blogger
- The rise and fall of the English gardener at Giverny
- Just a few more watercolours of Normandy by Gordon C. Home – guest artist blogger
- From Ohio to Isigny; the almost Impressionist life of Frank Myers-Boggs
- The conundrum of Colin Maillard, in Bellême
- Gothic architecture in Normandy – photos from 1865
- Honfleur at the end of the 19th century, in photochrom
- Claude Monet by himself, part 2 – “You will not have a sou!”
- Claude Monet by himself, part 1 – A rebellious youth
- The painter of pretty Normandy; Louis Aston Knight – Picture post!
- American soldier in Normandy; drawings from 1944
- Raoul Dufy, Honfleur and the girl in the red dress
- When Degas visited Normandy – midweek picture post
- Something is waiting, by Chapelle Sainte Geneviève
- Rare 19th century architectural lithographs
- A Walk through old Alençon in 1923 – woodcuts picture post!
- The war artist, June 1944 in Normandy
- The best work he would ever do? A painted Oratoire, near Passais
- Watercolours of Normandy by Gordon C. Home – guest artist blogger
- Peasant life in Normandy, by Gertrude Käsebier in 1894 – guest photo blogger!
- Art, cows and sunsets, in Montmartin-sur-Mer
- A tidily dressed man, in Honfleur
- Concerning Mont Saint-Michel, in 1905 by Gordon Home – guest blogger!
- With JMW Turner in Honfleur
- How Paul Signac discovered the finer points of art, in Les Andelys
- The secret in the tower at Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët
- For the love of Laika, in Dives-sur-Mer
- Hidden in plain sight, the forgotten Impressionist from Rouen
- The cow’s udders, Savignac and Trouville-sur-mer
- Moonlight in Houlgate
- A little Deauville shop that changed the world
- An eye for beauty in Le Havre
- Lost Sirens of Carteret
- Category: Brocantes & flea markets
- Category: Calvados
- Take me to Trouville!
- How to invade England – 1066 and all that
- The monster in the marsh, at Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes
- The true wealth of Beuvron-en-Auge
- Brilliant but bonkers; the pottery at Bavent
- The terrible haunting of a Normandy château
- The bad review; Guest blogger Anna tells us about her visit to Honfleur, in 1890
- The Rockefeller from Honfleur and other lies
- Guest post! The death wedding of Honfleur…
- An incognito King, in Deauville
- A rare piece of D-Day history in this sleepy Normandy valley
- Apple Harvest in Normandy – from the Penny Magazine of 1840
- The thirstiest street in Normandy
- The disappearing war criminal of Château de Grangues
- Celebrating the first day of summer, in 1920’s Deauville – photo post!
- Rebellion and the epic gallop of William Duke of Normandy, in 1046
- Life’s a party, with the Dolly Sisters in Deauville
- The comeuppance of Henri, vicomte de Belzunce, in 1789 Caen
- Orbec; diary of a small Normandy town
- Dragons, nogging and byres; Manor de Querville in the heart of the Pays d’Auge
- Exploring the manor houses of Calvados, in 1937 – photo post!
- Rose, the peasant poet from Bellou
- Caen, before and after the battle of 1944
- The mystery of disappearing grandeur in Honfleur
- Saving Saint-Arnoult, the oldest Christian building in Calvados
- Where are the stone soldiers of Manoir des gens d’Armes? In Caen
- The wooden phoenix of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives
- When Hollywood met Normandy, on Sword Beach, 1944
- The unwanted inheritance of le Hôme
- Tourgéville; the diary of a small Normandy village
- Where is Colbert Marie? The Caen prison massacre of 6 June 1944
- Guest blogger! Cook’s handbook for Normandy, 1883
- The elegant end of the shoemaker’s son, in Pennedepie
- A Conqueror’s change of heart
- Finding Eden, in the forest of Saint-Sever Calvados
- Rules for sea bathing, in Houlgate
- Disaster in Deauville; the 1936 Grand Prix
- A Goddess and the black Madonna of Douvres-la-Délivrande
- The very private castle of William the Conqueror, at Bonneville-sur-Touques
- Owned but not loved; Le Manoir des Creuniers near Trouville
- The wandering gatehouse of Beuvillers, Calvados
- The lady in the glass of l’eglise Saint-Jean, Caen
- Buy me Château de Boutemont!
- The shadow of young girls in flower – at Cricquebœuf
- Harlette, or was that harlot? Of Falaise
- A baptism of fire, on Juno Beach 6 June 1944
- What would Hamo do for love, in medieval Lisieux?
- Becoming Zola, in Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
- ‘To Caen’ – can you help us identify this 1944 location?
- The brilliance of Beaumont-en-Auge
- Incredible Cornu, the helicopter cyclist from Lisieux
- Distracted by the deluge, in Deauville
- Tragedy and a pig’s punishment in medieval Falaise
- Where there’s a whale there’s a way, in Villerville
- Ugly beautiful in Dives-sur-Mer
- Dark clouds over Chambois in the Falaise Pocket
- The monsters of Villers-sur-Mer
- The ferocious history of château Saint-Germain-de-Livet
- The lost Canadian soldiers of the Ardenne Abbey
- Remembering old friends on D-Day, Normandy
- How to become a Saint, or…the early life of St. Thérèse, the little flower of Lisieux.
- Rise like a Phoenix, Vire
- A simple heart at Pont-l’Évêque
- The marvellous Montgomery’s of Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery
- Category: Château, manoir & other architectural gems
- The terrible tale of the Ravalet children, from Tourlaville
- Abandoned Normandy; a cottage by La Varenne
- The fairy legend of Château de Gratot
- The terrible fire of Château d’Eu, near Treport
- Whatever happened to Château de Blanche-Lande?
- On being a Normandy castle, at Arques-la-Bataille
- Ducey, a distillery and the saving of le château des Montgommery
- Why save the Colbert bridge? In Dieppe
- The quiet of an abandoned farm, in Normandy
- The Footballers and forgotten château de Tancarville – a story of heritage in danger
- The unquiet soul of Abbaye de Mortemer
- Jean de Carrouges and the last French duel
- Travelling salesman for the souls in purgatory – from Montligeon
- The short life of Levavasseur’s gothic folly; the mill at Fontaine-Guérard
- Ripe for renovation; a chateau in the Eure
- Disappearing silver at the Devil’s Table, near Passais
- The vanity bell of the Tour de Beurre, at Rouen Cathedral
- Hypnotising the birds, at Gatteville lighthouse
- The long rise and the sharp fall of the Houëls of La Pommeraye
- Walking in the 16th century footsteps of Gilles de Gouberville
- La Mère Poulard and a very modern scandal, on Mont Saint-Michel
- Chateau life in Normandy; Le Vieux Chateau Le Renouard
- From Radeval to Hampshire in England; the story of a Normandy manoir
- The devil and Château de Jumilly
- Pâtisserie with Pascal, in the Perche
- The vandal of Manoir de Courboyer, in the Perche
- When a dream came true, at Château de Crosville-sur-Douve, in the Manche
- What lies beneath, in Valognes
- Return to Cahaignes; abandoned chateau update
- Look what love can do – La Chaslerie in the Orne
- The trouble with historians, at the Manoir d’Argentelles
- Original in all France – la Saucerie
- The dream, and nightmare, of La ferme du Val Gallerand
- The house that cannibals built, in Saint-Valery-en-Caux
- Walking with death; L’ aître Saint-Maclou in Rouen
- Château d’Ô Dear!
- Bravery, betrayal and the SAS; Château de Montfort, Remilly-sur-Lozon
- The strange saints of Notre Dame in Louviers, Normandy
- Beauty, decay and revolution touch tiny Chambray
- Amazing new Cahaignes postcard match! Château interior…
- The sad secret of Château Gaillard
- The golden man of Lillebonne
- Concrete serenity in Le Havre
- The peculiar chapel of Allouville-Bellefosse
- A Frenchman’s home is his castle, in Cahaignes
- A headache at Mont Saint-Michel
- Category: Heritage in danger
- Category: Craft
- Category: Eure
- Category: Guest bloggers
- Category: History
- AWOL in the Orne, in 1918
- Murder of a monster; Mabel de Bellême
- The life of a small harbour; Le port du cap Lévi, in Cotentin
- The Neolithic mystery of Bretteville
- The ghosts of Normandy past, in Sussex England
- Matilda’s gift, from Barfleur
- Fresh gleanings in Rouen – 19th century guest post!
- Explore Normandy with this vintage railways leaflet
- The slave streets of Le Havre
- How Lancelot became ‘Of the Lake’, at Le Châtellier
- The surprising battle of St-Cyr-de-Bailleul, in 1906
- The barefoot Marquis de Tombelaine
- Watering places of Normandy – more from Cook’s invaluable 1883 handbook
- The happy history hunt – announcing European Heritage days in September 2017
- The French Mr Selfridge
- Cherbourg, torpedoes and a Tsar in the playground
- Squirrels, soldiers and silk at Le château de Couterne
- Recreating Jeanne d’Arc, in Rouen
- Storms, shipwreck and survival, in Dieppe
- The mad hatters of Caudebec-en-Caux
- A hidden horror lingers in this pretty Normandy valley
- How Sées saved the wicked sons of Soreng
- The strange WW1 tale of Belgium in Normandy, at Sainte-Adresse
- Queen Victoria is not amused in Cherbourg
- Category: Legends & heroes
- Genêts and the man who saved a million lives in WW1
- The pursuit of happiness, in Granville
- The legend and the loveliness of La Fosse Arthour
- Domfront, city of misfortune!
- The humiliation of perfidious Guimond, from Moulins-la-Marche
- The disastrous Latham-47 Polar rescue, from Caudebec-en-Caux
- The questionable company of kings, for Jean d’Ango at Varengeville
- The torment of Baron Frefosse of Étretat – a Normandy legend
- ‘No ship ever brought so much misery to England’, from Barfleur
- Dr Dufour the babies’ hero, in Fécamp
- The man in the Roche d’Oëtre
- A morsel of perfection, for Julia Child in Rouen
- The legend of Saint Romain & the dragon, in Rouen
- D-Day +365 (part 2) – midweek post
- When Harold met William in 1064; a tale of quicksand and cunning
- Following heroes; we drive the 1908 French Grand Prix, from Dieppe
- The treachery of a broken-hearted knight, in medieval Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
- The legend of St Helier’s fountain, at Bréville-sur-mer
- The heroic end of Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, in Domfront
- A Grimoire, geese and Château de Pirou – the legend
- The other legends of Saint-Ceneri-le-Gérei
- The Gacé girl who became a Paris queen; La Dame aux Camélias
- Hugues’ big surprise in the Andaines forest; an Orne legend
- Duvall, the dandy highwayman from Domfront
- A country doctor, in Val-de-la-Haye, Normandy
- Hunting hags in La Haye-du-Puits
- A mother’s love, faith and Joan d’Arc, in Rouen
- The many legends of Saint Cénere-le-Gérei
- Category: Making the most of Normandy
- Category: Manche
- The last of the coppersmiths, in Villedieu-les-Poêles
- D-Day, Drop Zone C and remarkable bravery at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
- News from Carentan, Tilly & Caen: Snapshot from a war, 14 June 1944
- The beautiful brioche of Le Vast
- Tanks and flowers in the Biville dunes – midweek photo post!
- Not forgotten; the seven airmen of Cerisy-la-Salle
- A family remembers liberation; Sainte-Mère-Église, 1944
- The condemned, midweek photo post from Ducey
- A walk through Neolithic Normandy, near Lithaire
- WW2 history is disappearing from Néville-sur-Mer
- A red jumper & the Major of Saint-Lô: two sides of 1944
- A tiny duchess, happy hermits & Old Hickory bravery at Hill 314, in Mortain
- Beware the fairies of the Lude, in Carolles
- “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy” in Granville
- The scars of Angoville-au-Plain
- Category: Musicians
- Category: Mystery
- Category: Orne
- Category: Picture posts
- Category: Seine-Maritime
- Category: Tastes & tipples
- Category: What to do in the rain
- Category: Writers
- Category: WW2