Hypnotising the birds, at Gatteville lighthouse

- April 21, 2018December 2, 2025

vintage postcard of the lighthouses at Gatteville in the Manche, Normandy

First published 21 April 2018 There is a forlorn French poem by Jaques Prévert about a lighthouse keeper who loved birds. It is based on a terrible fact; birds flying on cloudy nights can become hypnotised by a bright light, and if that light turns endlessly, the birds will follow it. Endlessly. Lighthouse

From Ohio to Isigny; the almost Impressionist life of Frank Myers-Boggs

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Manche

- April 7, 2018January 9, 2019

Postcard view of the old fishing quarter at Isigny-sur-mer

When Frank Myers-Boggs returned to America after studying art at the École des Beaux-Arts Paris, he was excited to share the fresh new painting techniques he had learnt. Frank was mixing in the world of revolutionary artists Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley and Eugene Boudin, who influenced him but he was developing

The barefoot Marquis de Tombelaine

- March 17, 2018January 9, 2019

Vintage postcard of the island of Tombelaine in the Bay of Mont Saint-Michel

At the end of the ninteenth century a rugged aristocrat lived on the island of Tombelaine, in the bay of Mont Saint-Michel. If you have visited the Mont you will have seen Tombelaine, a little rocky heap just four miles away. Jean, Marquis de Tombelaine was the last of a once

Walking in the 16th century footsteps of Gilles de Gouberville

- November 25, 2017July 30, 2018

There is an old stone tower deep in the Normandy Cotentin countryside that could be considered unremarkable. Although its rooms are an unusual combination of chapel below and dovecote above, it is a forlorn truth that this is not the sort of building people drive miles out of their way

The beautiful brioche of Le Vast

- September 30, 2017September 30, 2017

At the crossing of two rivers in Cotentin region of Normandy stand a handful of stone houses known as Le Vast. Snug in the middle, by the bridge, is a bakery unlike any other. This bakery is home to La Brioche du Vast. Brioche is a cake of butter and eggs,

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