Bloggers are supposed to tell you about places they have been and you should go. Today our post doesn’t do that at all. Here are 6 paintings, portraits of Russian political prisoners. The look in their faces is timeless and terrible, but you cannot go and see this show. We found
Manche
All our posts from the Manche region.
The pursuit of happiness, in Granville
First published January 2017 Granville’s fierce tides and their monstrous waves have always drawn crowds. Our vintage postcard is just one of handfuls we have come across depicting nature's attack upon these cliffs. The waves are crashing over Le Plat-Gousset, a coastal path built from Granville’s own sturdy rocks and concrete. But
Concerning Mont Saint-Michel, in 1905 by Gordon Home – guest blogger!
This week we are celebrating fellow Normandy lover Gordon Home, whose delightful watercolour of Mont Saint-Michel is possibly the loveliest we have ever seen. A sense of beauty A newspaper report of Gordon's wedding in 1926 to Violet Maude Chapman includes these lines from the vicar’s address: “What gift, then, will you, Gordon,
