Letter from France: June 2013 part 1

Château de ChantillyOnly June 22: Musical Night at the Château de Chantilly
Next Saturday from 6pm to midnight, the gardens of the magnificent Chantilly Castle will host a musical night of about fifty short classical music concerts that will be played in a dozen stages throughout the park. Thousands of candles on the ground will create [...]

In the footsteps of Jean Cocteau

One of the appeals of Menton on the French Riviera is the largest museum dedicated to the works of Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), a famous French artist who died fifty years ago. Frederic exolores the museum and the three towns forever linked with his work

Department of Foreign Affairs (Republic Of Ireland)

From the website:

The Mission of the Department of Foreign Affairs is to advance Ireland’s political and economic interests in the European Union and in the wider world, to promote Ireland’s contribution to international peace, security and development both through the European Union and through active participation in international organisations, in particular the United Nations, to protect our citizens abroad, and to pursue reconciliation and partnership on the island of Ireland.

A day in…Thurso

Adrian visits Thurso in northern Scotland and meets a lady who come for two years and enjoyed the town so much she is still there 38 years later!

Club 55 Deals Return

Just over a week ago, Arriva Trains Wales reintroduced their Club 55 deal. From today (17th January) another railway company has re-introduced the Club 55 deals for 6 weeks. This time it is just ScotRail not the whole of the First Group. The offer is open up to and including 31st March. Arriva’s is open until 9th April

Holidays and the World Cup

A couple of weeks ago you might have said how lucky those fans who went to watch the world cup were. You still might if you were a supporter of Brazil or New Zealand. If you support England or France or Italy or even Germany you might have other thoughts. The remainder of us seem to have settled for the television, the pub or the wide screen open events. What we did not settle for was going away on holiday at the same time.
Should this come as any surprise to anyone?

Istanbul comes to London

Stuck for something to do this weekend? Why not check out INN London’s four day fair celebrating Turkish fashion, food, drink and cultural life