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Monsieur So British #7: Hothead and Breakfast

Friday, September 6th, 2019

#7: Hothead and Breakfast When the time eventually comes and the stonemason, if they still exist, is chipping out the closing remarks on my......read more.

Monsieur So British #6: Separation Anxiety

Saturday, August 31st, 2019

#6: Separation Anxiety It was August and I needed a holiday. I mean, I know I’d just had a holiday but a week in......read more.

Monsieur So British #5: Bloody, but unbowed

Saturday, August 24th, 2019

#5: Bloody, but Unbowed I don’t really know what we expected when we set up the B&B, even the goals were a bit fuzzy.......read more.

Monsieur So British #4: Lady Bracknell’s Pussy

Saturday, August 17th, 2019

#4: Lady Bracknell’s Pussy So the drive to attain full French insouciance, the end goal being the accent-less Gallic shrug if you like, needed......read more.

Monsieur So British #3: Coercion Therapy

Saturday, August 10th, 2019

#3: Coercion Therapy I can’t remember a time when I was more determined not to join in. We’d had to cancel Maurice’s 14th birthday......read more.

Monsieur So British #2: Puppy Pappy

Sunday, August 4th, 2019

#2: Puppy Pappy ‘I think it will do you good.’ Natalie said, a hint of nervousness in her voice, ‘It might be just what......read more.

Monsieur So British #1: Adopt, Adapt, Improve

Saturday, July 27th, 2019

#1: Adopt, Adapt, Improve It was the Father’s Day card that started it. Thérence, my youngest of three sons and a 10-year-old French-born ball......read more.

Full English Brexit #81

Saturday, June 23rd, 2018

‘Fin’ I had a sneaking suspicion it would turn out this way. A feeling at the back of my mind that during the World......read more.

Full English Brexit #80

Monday, June 18th, 2018

Dying on Its Arse It was gearing up to be the worst gig I’d ever had. Already running late, I decided for some reason......read more.

Full English Brexit #79

Sunday, June 3rd, 2018

Heroes and Villains And so, this week, my new passport arrived. Not unfortunately, a French one. My new UK passport arrived instead and it......read more.

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