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The Courtauld and Tate Modern Galleries London
Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. Dr. Johnson
Romorantin
October 6, 2018
The best part of writing a book is the research. It takes you on a journey of discovery to places you would never have heard of and therefore would never have seen. A good case in point is Romorantin in France. Researching for Leonardo da Vinci: The Amboise Connection I found out that once upon […]
La Chatelaine of Château Cingé
October 1, 2018
We spent a magical afternoon in a privately owned Château. How cool is that? Like most things in Life, it came about through serendipity. First it was jump off the cliff time, moving from England to France, a decision taken, thank goodness, years before the Brexit fiasco. Then, one evening we went for a […]
Châtellerault
September 8, 2018
We enjoyed an interesting day in Châtellerault on the river Vienne, a tributary of the mighty Loire, the longest river in France. It flows through Limoges, where we spent a wonderful Christmas and Chinon, one of our favourite towns, before joining the Loire.
The Duke of Windsor and Château Candé
September 2, 2018
Château Candé is one of the unexpected delights of the Loire Valley, especially for English tourists because this is where they lost their King to love. This is where Edward VIII married Wallis Simpson, the woman for whom he gave up everything, his Crown, his country, his family, his very identity of who he was […]
Two Faces of Sheffield
September 2, 2018
On the one hand, the Council seems hell bent on selling the family silver viz; its heritage, on the other hand locals seem equally hell bent on preserving it. Take, for example, the art gallery. It’s in a lovely art deco library, the library the Council wanted to lease to a Chinese […]
CHÂTEAU LANGEAIS
August 18, 2018
Every Château in the Loire Valley has its own unique attraction – or – in the case of Langeais – attractions. Visitors go, in the main, to see where a secret marriage took place between Charles, the twenty-one year old King of France and Anne, the fourteen year old Duchess of Brittany. Like so many […]
Photograph France
Holidays and Workshops in The Loire Valley. Click the Logo for More Information
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Loire Valley Time Travel
Explore the historic and fascinating Loire Valley in style. Click logo for more information
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October 14, 2018
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