Dismayed by modern architecture, artist Jonathan Robinson tells Greg Cook how he fled to the sanctuary of a dilapidated 18th-century watermill deep within a forested enclave in the Loire Valley Should Jonathan Robinson ever find Prince Charles on the…
The Sills have had many adventures in the old farmhouse they bought in deepest Charente back in 2000. Their love affair with France is still going strong, they tell Sylvia Edwards Davis FRENCHENTRÉE MAGAZINE: How did you pick this…
When Dutch couple Theo and Ellen wanted a lifestyle change for their family, they found their perfect new home in the Lot. Justin Postlethwaite finds out more For anyone considering a move to France, the relaxed way of…
We catch up with Liz Rodgers, managing director of Holiday France Direct and confirmed Francophile since youth… What is your earliest memory of visiting France? My earliest memory of France is taking part in a school exchange trip…
From the moment Janet Hulstrand waltzed into Essoyes as a bright-eyed seasonal grape-picker, it was love at first sight. The rest, as they say, is history… Why did you choose Essoyes? Well, Essoyes chose me, in a way. I…
Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis Author Janine Marsh up and left London for the land of Ch’ti after falling head over heels for a crumbling farmhouse in the village of Sempy, Seven Valleys Why did you choose this village?…
We sneak a peek inside Norwegian couple Heidi and Morten Nystad’s Scandinavia-meets-Occitanie holiday home, near coveted Uzès FRENCHENTRÉE MAGAZINE: What brought you to France? HEIDI & MORTEN NYSTAD: France was always our favourite holiday destination, and year after…
Pleasures of the Campagne 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 Quiet? You haven’t experiened it until you’ve visited the…
Nadia Jordan debunks a common misconception that may have put you off trying to exercise or improve your French while in l’Hexagone… Most foreigners attempting to speak French will have experienced the pained look of incomprehension that a…
Ignoring her agent’s warnings, Karin Twijnstra fell head over heels with a 16th-century château in Normandy. She tells Sylvia Edwards Davis about her decades-long bid to convert it into a cosy B&B FRENCHENTRÉE MAGAZINE: What brought you to…
Jackie Barnes’s move to France, where she’s created a unique nature-defying garden in Vienne, had a stomach-churning start, she tells Marion Sauvebois “We were house-hunting and we asked our agent to take us to a rustic restaurant… well,…
Kim and James Hoffmeister took a leap of faith when they moved their family to a pint sized town-house in rural Brittany. They tell FrenchEntrée why they’re now living the dream… FRENCHENTRÉE MAGAZINE: What brought you to France? KIM…
