Our postcard photographer standing on Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer beach at the turn of the century could not have foretold the horrors this pretty seaside town would endure in 1944. By June 6 1944 the seafront villas are heavily fortified, a 50mm gun emplacement dominates the shoreline and a vicious web of beach defences stand between
Calvados
All our postcards from the Calvados region.
What would Hamo do for love, in medieval Lisieux?
It is always an irritation to great men when the minutiae of daily life distracts them from working on their greatness. So it was for Bishop Arnulf of Lisieux. A rebellious sort of love got in his way. The overbearing Bishop By all accounts a remarkable man, Arnulf parlayed a rich inheritance, fabulous
Becoming Zola, in Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
If you fancy writing a gritty, realistic novel that doesn't hold back revealing the murkier underbelly of human nature, try a holiday in charming Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer on the northern coast of Normandy. It worked for Émile Zola. Like Émile you can settle yourself into a charming villa overlooking Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer’s pretty beach or linger
‘To Caen’ – can you help us identify this 1944 location?
The brilliance of Beaumont-en-Auge
It is easy to zoom through Beaumont-en-Auge on the way somewhere else. South, to taste ancient Calvados at Pierre Huet or North, to collect fossils on the beach at Villers-sur-mer. The best decisions In the minute it takes to drive through the village you will notice a street of perfect beamed houses,