Three years ago, Tina Sharpe fell in love with a quirky teapot-shaped shed and embarked on the barmy mission to ship it from Scotland to rural France and turn it into a successful café. Alice Phillpott meets the plucky entrepreneur…
Voice-over artist and wedding celebrant Celia Ford Drummond relocated with her American husband, Trent, to the Provençal village of Roquebrune-sur-Argens in 2004 Why did you choose your village? We already had a holiday home near the Provençal coast,…
After dallying with the Marais, Connie Beaudoin and Peter Berley fell in love with a characterful Haussmann apartment in the 8th arrondissement FRENCHENTRÉE MAGAZINE: What drew you to the 8th arrondissement? CONNIE BEAUDOIN: When we visited Paris, we…
Sylvia Edwards Davis chats to South African couple Almarie and Dan Hugo about their bold move to buy two period flats in Haute-Garonne – within the same building… FRENCHENTRÉE MAGAZINE: What brought you to France? ALMARIE HUGO: We love…
Dominic Bliss meets a plucky couple who threw caution to the wind to launch a vegetarian restaurant in cattle country Louise Elsom is a very brave woman indeed. In October last year she and her partner, Dave, opened a…
Susannah Hickling meets a British couple who decided to move to France while en route to an acting job and now call the Gironde home NAMES: Janie Millman and Mickey Wilson WHERE DO YOU LIVE? Castillon-la-Bataille, the Gironde WHEN…
Dominic Bliss journeys to the south-western Gers département to meet an expat who revels in the area’s peace and calm, both on and off two wheels.
This year at least the first part of the proverb “March comes in like a lion…” is correct, as for the past few days we have had gale force winds and a LOT of rain. Water is a basic necessity…
Dominic Bliss experiences the delights of the south-western département of the Gironde, at a luxury gîte owned by a family from Merseyside… “Learning the language for me is key,” says Deborah Hubbard who moved from Merseyside to Eynesse in…
Steve Jarratt reveals how formal English gardens inspired the design of Sue and John Herring’s plot in the Lot… Sue and John Herring left England in 2006 for the vert et agréable land of Lot, 30 minutes north…
Property developer Fiona Jones on her four-year restoration of the Chateau du Masgelier, a 12th-century Limousin gem… Situated on a hilltop, with 360° views over the Creuse countryside, and set within its own parkland, the Chateau du Masgelier dates from…
Justin Postlethwaite talks to the owner of a gîte in Poitou-Charentes, Le Manoir des Couts, about restoring the 16th-century manor house… FrenchEntrée Magazine: Can you tell us what drew you to Poitou-Charents? Francine Dunkley/ We used to live in…
