How Robert stole the beach at Pourville This post was first published in September 2014. After ten years of loving the Monet in the wardrobe, neither Robert Zwoliński’s passion or the colours in the painting had faded. Each time he locked the spare bedroom door at his parents apartment, pulled down the blinds
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Claude Monet by himself, part 3 – Shocking the public ‘en plein air’
Cart on the snow covered road with St Simeon farm 1865 (near Honfleur, Normandy) by Claude Monet age 24 First published December 2017 In the previous instalment Monet was disappointed with his tutor's traditional vies, but has made friends with fellow students Renoir, Sisley and Bazille... My story, by Claude Monet (part 3) I forgot
Claude Monet by himself, part 4 – The power of friendship
Cliff walk at Pourville, 1882 by Claude Monet First published December 2017 In the previous instalment Monet begins to experiment in earnest, but his art is met with public derision... My story, by Claude Monet (part 4) One evening when I had stopped in the street in the midst of a band of onlookers
Best bits 2015; our 5 most popular Normandy Then & Now posts!
Our most popular posts in 2015 included stories of medieval knights, WW2 bravery, rejected Kings, writers seeking inspiration and mad hatters. In reverse order they are: 5) 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
