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A Year In Culan

So this is my 70th post and my final one on this platform written under the pseudonym ‘Tony Jemmett’.

Dec 31, 2021

A Year In Culan

Dec 31, 2021

Sign Off On ‘Le Love Shack’

The day before Christmas Eve we finally finished the conversion of a former workshop and storeroom into a one-bedroom self-contained…

Dec 29, 2021

Sign Off On ‘Le Love Shack’

Dec 29, 2021

Christmas Day in Culan, All Is Calm

This Christmas, our first in Culan, turned out to be a stress-free and enjoyable affair. For the first time in recent memory, I was not…

Dec 26, 2021

Christmas Day in Culan, All Is Calm

Dec 26, 2021

‘Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien’

As I near the end of this current series chronicling our first year of living in France after moving during the middle of the pandemic…

Dec 22, 2021

‘Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien’

Dec 22, 2021

Christmas Cannot Be Cancelled

With my work finished for Christmas and to celebrate Sadie’s birthday, we decided to go to Paris for a couple of days for a cultural trip…

Dec 20, 2021

Christmas Cannot Be Cancelled

Dec 20, 2021

A Piano, A Tree, It Must Be Christmas

Almost from day one of moving into the new house in France, Sadie had wanted a piano.

Dec 16, 2021

A Piano, A Tree, It Must Be Christmas

Dec 16, 2021

Just The Two of Us

Last year, we were busy running a Mulled Wine stall in Richmond, London, on a weekend, dreaming of getting married and moving to France to…

Dec 10, 2021

Just The Two of Us

Dec 10, 2021

Happiness, French Style

Although it has been a pretty depressing time for everyone over the past year or so because of the effects of Covid, I can report that the…

Dec 7, 2021

Happiness, French Style

Dec 7, 2021

Christmas in Culan

December 1, 2021 and the Christmas lights have been switched on in Culan. I know this because there is a display right outside of my office…

Dec 2, 2021

Christmas in Culan

Dec 2, 2021

Zurich — Alles in Ordnung, Danke

Two days after Sadie returned from her tour of the UK, I left for a business trip to Zurich.

Nov 28, 2021

Zurich — Alles in Ordnung, Danke

Nov 28, 2021

Where’s The Honey, Honey?

It’s been almost a year since we moved to France, and my only disappointment, so far is being unable to speak French.

Nov 24, 2021

Where’s The Honey, Honey?

Nov 24, 2021

Cats Behaving Badly

I’m not a cat person, not a pet person for that matter. Apart from a rabbit called Bobtail that we kept in the backyard, we didn’t have…

Nov 18, 2021

Cats Behaving Badly

Nov 18, 2021

Paris — Part Two

The day after Sadie left Paris, I enjoyed a quiet dinner in the Latin Quarter, before returning to the hotel for an early night.

Nov 15, 2021

Paris — Part Two

Nov 15, 2021

Winter Approaches — And So Does Zemmour

Éric Zemmour is the French equivalent to Trump, and is gaining popularity in certain parts of the country, with claims foreigners have…

Nov 10, 2021

Winter Approaches — And So Does Zemmour

Nov 10, 2021

Paris — We Can Work It Out

The reason why I like Paris is because it is wonderfully compact and social city — and friendly. On every corner of every neighbourhood in…

Nov 8, 2021

Paris — We Can Work It Out

Nov 8, 2021

Cost Of a Baguette to Rise As France Feels Supply Chain Pain

France, it would appear, is not immune to the global supply chain crisis that is causing a shortage of goods in the shops.

Oct 26, 2021

Cost Of a Baguette to Rise As France Feels Supply Chain Pain

Oct 26, 2021

‘O Brave New World’

When we moved to Culan, in the middle of France, at the end of 2020 we had no idea that we would end up running an international theatre…

Oct 21, 2021

‘O Brave New World’

Oct 21, 2021

Wine Tasting In Sancerre

My son, Noah, turned 21 in February, a milestone he wasn’t able to celebrate properly because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oct 13, 2021

Wine Tasting In Sancerre

Oct 13, 2021

Where Are Brexit’s ‘Sunlit Uplands’?

There’s a series currently on BBC iPlayer, Write Around The World with Richard E Grant, where he visits locations of books by famous…

Sep 30, 2021

Where Are Brexit’s ‘Sunlit Uplands’?

Sep 30, 2021

Far From The Madding Crowds

We arrived back in Culan on Saturday night after an eight-hour drive in the Lotus through France. The car is obviously not built for…

Sep 27, 2021

Far From The Madding Crowds

Sep 27, 2021

Tony Jemmett

Tony Jemmett

On 1 January 2021, the UK left the EU. On 30 December 2020 I left the UK with my wife to start a new life in France … here’s what happened next …

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