Archives
- 2019.10.27: blog tour for Devon and Hell
- 2019.10.27: book news
- 2018.12.14: NEW BOOK - Dream Cottage: Four Seasons in Devon
- 2018.07.29: not the latest Tracey Emin – but a Brittany Ferries mattress
- 2017.06.04: new kindle short read – wry society
- 2016.11.01: updating the kindle version of sweet encore
- 2016.04.03: exeter book signing
- 2016.02.19: kings donation 2015
- 2015.11.01: five signs that you're almost French
- 2015.09.27: where we are now
- 2015.07.13: Sweet Encore: A Road Trip from Paris to Portugal
- 2014.09.26: king's donation
- 2014.05.30: the devil eats prada (cake)
- 2014.05.27: tout soul: two years on
- 2014.02.02: short & sweet: Thursday Feb 6th
- 2014.02.02: hoof soup
- 2014.01.12: oh, sugar
- 2013.08.08: festival 9-10th august
- 2013.07.27: in the garden
- 2013.07.15: me again!
- 2013.07.13: me!
- 2013.07.08: sweet encore
- 2013.07.07: humans
- 2013.06.28: the marie antoinette diet
- 2013.06.28: stoke mandeville letter
- 2013.05.31: king's college letter
- 2013.05.08: tout soul - one year on
- 2013.02.10: le retour
- 2012.11.24: giraffe suit
- 2012.11.22: banned
- 2012.10.16: my next big thing
- 2012.10.04: book sale
- 2012.09.01: woof
- 2012.08.30: tout soul: six months on
- 2012.08.04: portugal to eymet
- 2012.06.11: eymet signing & wine tasting
- 2012.05.31: jubilee
- 2012.05.17: le weekend
- 2012.04.23: london book signing: may 8
- 2012.04.08: easter monday signing
- 2012.03.19: pie thief
- 2012.03.17: questions
- 2012.03.07: booked
- 2012.02.24: kindled
- 2012.02.11: brrr...
- 2011.12.27: moving on
- 2011.12.26: christmas message
- 2011.12.11: tout soul
- 2011.12.04: this week
- 2011.11.12: my village
- 2011.10.12: sunrise
- 2011.09.10: wigtown book festival
- 2011.08.18: biff: the blog 2
- 2011.08.01: tout sweet america
- 2011.07.28: biff: the blog
- 2011.07.18: hatter's update
- 2011.06.30: the end
- 2011.06.22: solstice
- 2011.06.07: tout tranquil
- 2011.05.24: review
- 2011.05.14: happening
- 2011.05.13: distraction
- 2011.04.14: getting lost
- 2011.04.03: sowing sunflowers
- 2011.02.02: the actor
- 2011.02.02: black ice
- 2011.01.18: le grand feu
- 2011.01.16: distracted
- 2011.01.05: column
- 2010.12.29: sterling
- 2010.12.15: shopping
- 2010.12.06: home
- 2010.12.05: snow clothes
- 2010.11.02: happy?
- 2010.10.13: chi! chi! le!
- 2010.09.29: merci encore
- 2010.09.27: merci
- 2010.09.15: life
- 2010.09.09: tonight
- 2010.09.01: hope
- 2010.08.28: basil
- 2010.08.25: blink
- 2010.08.16: crash
- 2010.08.09: date
- 2010.07.29: ce soir
- 2010.07.13: the guest
- 2010.07.12: hounds
- 2010.07.08: liste rouge
- 2010.07.03: wow factor
- 2010.06.24: soirée
- 2010.06.14: june
- 2010.06.12: game
- 2010.06.10: encore
- 2010.06.09: raw
- 2010.06.08: pure
- 2010.06.01: boot camp
- 2010.05.01: may day
- 2010.04.29: louisa's review
- 2010.04.20: toute allure
- 2010.04.20: bordel
- 2010.04.19: serendipity
- 2010.04.04: absolute beginner
- 2010.03.27: coupe
- 2010.03.17: le retour
- 2010.03.03: sunflowers
- 2010.02.17: on the shelf
- 2010.02.16: hearts and tongues
- 2010.02.09: wood
- 2010.01.21: watercress
- 2010.01.06: snowbound
- 2010.01.05: a taste of garlic: interview
- 2009.12.26: le petit chien noir
- 2009.12.25: Joyeux Noel
- 2009.12.21: marché de noel
- 2009.12.19: portrait of a serial killer
- 2009.12.19: christmas lunch
- 2009.12.09: waterstones kensington
- 2009.12.09: the mad hatter's kitchen
- 2009.12.01: author interview
- 2009.11.04: fire pit
- 2009.10.24: allure
- 2009.10.04: montparnasse
- 2009.09.22: car boot sale at lizant
- 2009.09.14: trip to collioure
- 2009.09.02: velvet paws
- 2009.08.31: dog house
- 2009.08.30: sunday times
- 2009.08.30: the secret junkyard
- 2009.08.30: article in sunday times home
- 2009.08.21: the rules of wine
- 2009.08.20: feedback
- 2009.08.17: cherry red shoes
- 2009.08.08: aida: outdoor opera at sanxay
- 2009.08.05: emergency vet
- 2009.08.01: tout sweet: launch party
- 2009.07.27: private dining: les ruches
- 2009.07.22: darling – biff before he met me
- 2009.07.21: storm
- 2009.07.17: liberty london girl
- 2009.07.16: sleepless
- 2009.07.15: bastille day
- 2009.07.13: tout sweet: where is it?
- 2009.06.29: torpor
- 2009.06.20: chanel dogs
- 2009.06.17: coco
- 2009.06.02: may
- 2009.06.01: bank holiday
- 2009.05.21: chéri
- 2009.05.17: le nettoyage
- 2009.05.07: baggage
- 2009.04.27: looking after a friend's dogs
- 2009.04.13: portuguese water dog?
- 2009.04.08: oysters
- 2009.03.29: clocks go forward and I miss my flight
- 2009.03.14: london with mathilde and delphine
- 2009.02.08: gas bottle
- 2009.01.22: dog-friendly hotel: malmaison
- 2009.01.01: book news: tout sweet
- 2008.12.31: new year's eve
- 2008.12.21: père noel
- 2008.12.15: dancing discord
- 2008.12.06: paris diamond heist
- 2008.12.01: wedding party
- 2008.11.06: parking rules
- 2008.10.28: discord
- 2008.10.27: NOW!
- 2008.10.19: bunny killer
- 2008.10.17: surprise
- 2008.10.14: rené closes shop
- 2008.10.10: coup de foudre
- 2008.09.24: dishevelled chic
- 2008.09.21: silent sunday
- 2008.09.20: wish
- 2008.09.19: neighbours
- 2008.09.11: madonna
- 2008.09.10: la tristesse II
- 2008.09.09: la tristesse
- 2008.08.21: night ferry
- 2008.08.08: meanwhile...
- 2008.07.27: solar panels
- 2008.07.24: sauce
- 2008.07.21: game
- 2008.07.19: vet
- 2008.07.18: la fin
- 2008.07.01: river
- 2008.06.29: siege
- 2008.06.29: neighbours
- 2008.06.23: sunday
- 2008.06.22: all night long
- 2008.06.18: wedding
- 2008.06.08: ferry dash
- 2008.04.24: besotted
- 2008.04.16: perfect day in new york
- 2008.04.01: wilf
- 2008.03.25: love affair
- 2008.03.23: rural idyll
- 2008.03.22: new mayor
- 2008.03.20: crossed lines
- 2008.03.14: writing award
- 2008.03.07: lost in a forest
- 2008.03.04: pamplemousse rosé
- 2008.02.20: pink sky thinking
- 2008.02.20: the graceful goodbye
- 2008.02.05: fine lines
- 2008.02.04: disco d'hiver
- 2008.01.24: replumbed
- 2008.01.23: bright tiles
- 2008.01.22: white tiles
- 2008.01.17: backtrack
- 2008.01.16: bathroom impasse
- 2008.01.08: resolutions
- 2008.01.06: le petit biff
- 2007.12.31: Biff
- 2007.12.14: le weekend
- 2007.12.01: shotgun etiquette
- 2007.11.30: things I miss about london
- 2007.11.26: evening at the senate
- 2007.11.21: waterloo sunset
- 2007.11.04: playing with fire II
- 2007.11.02: bewitched
- 2007.10.28: playing with fire
- 2007.10.17: aoutes
- 2007.09.14: juggy
- 2007.09.10: discombobulated
- 2007.09.09: spilled perfume
- 2007.08.27: bordeaux house party
- 2007.08.26: yacht spot
- 2007.08.13: seeing stars
- 2007.08.03: coco's apartment
- 2007.07.24: buried treasure
- 2007.07.17: the end
- 2007.07.09: french test
- 2007.07.05: purple hibiscus
- 2007.06.24: rose trémiere
- 2007.06.20: house update
- 2007.06.10: medieval fete
- 2007.06.09: tea trip
- 2007.06.02: country roads
- 2007.05.25: rituals
- 2007.05.07: green jimmy choos
- 2007.02.21: eurostar commuters
- 2007.01.22: stuck in a snowy ditch
- 2005.08.29: au revoir kensington
Two years ago I hung up my high heels, put the Prada handbags into storage and left behind my fashionable West London life to renovate an old village house in rural France. Et voila. This blog is about what happened next....