For the love of Laika, in Dives-sur-Mer

- November 8, 2014June 19, 2019

We matched our postcard and strolled confidently through the archway to have some lunch, only to discover it was packed and all the sensible people had booked. So we went in search of a mysterious building we had heard about, the Blue House. We found it hidden away on a unimpressive

Distracted by the deluge, in Deauville

- November 1, 2014September 24, 2016

If you are a gentleman of a certain age, tall with a long black coat, a broad brimmed hat, carefully knotted scarf and very very small dog, and you live in Deauville, you may remember helping us as we balanced on giant terracotta flowerpots to try and match a view

Tragedy and a pig’s punishment in medieval Falaise

- September 13, 2014September 24, 2016

The first time we saw this gateway was on an etching in a brocante just outside of Sées. We bought it with two others by the same artist ‘M Mulot’ from a heap in an old basket. Amazingly, considering the brocante seemed to lack one wall, they were dry and

Where there’s a whale there’s a way, in Villerville

- September 6, 2014October 4, 2017

For Simon Max, talented actor, bewitching tenor and star of the Belle Époque stage, it all began with a telegram. For the whale it probably started in the chilly North East Atlantic. The year is 1893 and Simon Max is at the peak of his Parisienne popularity. Far far away a large whale

Ugly beautiful in Dives-sur-Mer

- August 30, 2014January 10, 2018

There is an elegant Normandy villa so perfectly designed, set so well above a green meadow garden edged with trees, that every photograph of it is a success. It’s image regularly appears in blogs, tweets and across Tumblr representing the Norman ideal. It is the Villa Strassburger, located just a short, pleasant

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