Ahem, In the annual French Letter Hunters’ Dinner at the beginning of the month, after a fine but predictable meal of wild boar stew, spetzli, […]

Ahem, Bulbous fists of mist gripped our village for several mornings in a row, burned away by the sun often before the dogs came back […]

Ahem We are in full fall. The legendary colours of autumn in Alsace have reappeared in the woods, lanes and country paths of the South […]

Ahem, I returned to Basel in a rejuvenated Galahad on the last weekend of the month exhausted but enriched by the experience of writing and […]

Ahem, Concerned about over-staying my Latin welcome with the eternally hospitable Pickup Tennysons of Olgiata, I accepted an offer to look after another house and […]

Ahem I divided the month of July between working in Rome and holidaying in South West France, with just a couple of passing night ships […]

Ahem Leymen’s acknowledged eminence grise of local village history, Max Wyss, lives within a stone’s throw of the Chateau de Landskron at the top of […]

Ahem There was a rare and immediately memorable Stanbrook family gathering this month in London with most of the living Stanbrook family in attendance, namely […]

Ahem I have been gazing out across a moist flower-bordered billiard-table lawn, blurred through the window. It’s an overcast day, 24 hours before the start […]

Ahem We went to a restaurant in Huningue, Autour de la table, with the Jarvises and the Barneses to celebrate my birthday and where force […]