Helen Stanton

OMG ! I cant wait . I LOVE Benjamin Voisin . Brilliant actor. My claim to fame is that I bumped into him in a café once and he was so polite to me …as if i was his granny 🤣🤣🙄

Lol ! Forget Blue Peter , I often think back to stuff at school in the 70s !!!! It was mad !

Morning !

TBH 80-90% of the time I prefer Keema Kottage/shepherds pie to classically seasoned version. Said before it was a great day for humanity when curry spices met the potatoes.

My fave Parisien park 💜

Some Beautiful Autumn weather atm …here are some photos of my dogwalks over the last few days

Reading in the sunshine

Wow ! Great photo

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I have read it ! I also like The Vet’s Daughter by her .

Lots of people in my book club LOVED it ….couldnt understand my problem with it !!

And I thought : John Irving en pacotille. Amazzd it won the Goncourt tbh

Exactement ce que j’en ai pensé ….ça m’a ennuyé

I love Margareth Attwood .

That is all .

Yes !

Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü (tr. Maureen Freely) First published in Turkish in 1980 and now available in English for the first time, Cold Nights of Childhood was Tezer Özlü’s first novel – one of only three books published before Özlü died from b…

From the archive for Tezer Özlü #BornOnThisDay in 1943 my thoughts on COLD NIGHTS OF CHILDHOOD (tr Maureen Freely)

This evocative portrayal of a young woman's fractured inner world is a striking rediscovered gem of Turkish literature. Highly recommended! 💙📚

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lol ! Well, I know all about her studies and year travelling now ….even though I was sat 4 tables away 🎧🎧🎧

Americans, when in a small coffee shop it is possible to speak at a normal volume ……..

Sipping an oatmilk cappuccino, performatively.

Good morning

Dog walking can be a pleasure

Was just having un verre before going to the avant premier of Connemara ( Nicolas Mathieu) in the cinéma next door .

Now fully French ….just asked for another glass of wine as this one was corked ( bouchoné ) . Had to muster up my courage ..but did it !!🍷

Chillin on Sunday

I felt the same about Butchers Crossing as you …..way too many buffalo and not a lot else !! 😆

Blast from the past !Saw it at ‘the pictures’ when it came out . Good to know it’s stopd the test of time.Must rewatch .

It is a long time ago since I heard anything from you. I fear you are ill again.

lol ! Details are important !

McDonald’s on the High St or Aspects ? 😆
We lived in Bedford then !

CAN recommend Tartiflette also .