Tag: lorraine

Alsace

France’s beautiful border region has a long and fractious history.

Originally published: 11 Nov 2009 in Europe

Life’s a Quiche

A visit to Metz and Nancy, the two major cities of Lorraine.

Originally published: 8 Sep 2008 in Europe

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Chimay Bleue

4/5. Flavours include brown sugar, raisins, toffee and lots of pepper. Strong alcohol is well masked and warming. …

  • Originally published: 1 Jan 2010 in Beer

Thai cookery evening

An evening in Braine l'Alleud, having a lesson in Thai cooking. …

  • Originally published: 28 Feb 2009 in Editorial

Death at Intervals

José Saramago Harvill Secker (2008) Author won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998 As translated by Margaret Jull Costa, Saramago is the sort of wise old gent we’d want present if …

  • Originally published: 3 Jul 2008 in Books

Baltasar and Blimunda

José Saramago Harvill Press (2001 edition) This was José Saramago’s breakthrough novel in the English language. His narrating personality is less obvious here but, even as he describes the events of three …

  • Originally published: 17 Jan 2010 in Books

Sea of Love

A streetwise city cop thriller that crawls familiar kerbs but more or less delivers the package. …

  • Originally published: 2 Apr 2007 in Film

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