You want to be hip by being ‘au fait’ with avant-garde French penseurs, you know your Sartre from your Camus, your Duchamp from your Vian, the 20th century of French surrealists and over-realists has no secret for you? Then maybe Anthonin Artaud has a place […]
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Day of the dead stones
Found some great little porous stones here on Île de Ré which have intriguing little pock holes. They made me think of skulls and the urge to day of the dead them became unstoppable… This is today’s crop, more to come!!!
Pierrot le fou – my Tintin brother
M brother Pierre lives in Arbis, a tiny village close to Bordeaux, I don’t get to see him half as much as I would like to. So for his birthday, I decided to spend a bit of quality time with him at least on paper… […]
Auntie Annie
Just before Easter, my parents came to stay for a few days. I needed help with the kids during the holidays and they were desperate to see their grandchildren. They’re in Toulouse, you see. It was truly a lovely time for everyone, just something that […]

