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Crazy about the Creuse
This column looks light-heartedly at the author's daily life in this wonderful part of France - reflecting maybe the experiences of many other non-French 'incomers' - and also features detailed pieces drawing on her passion for the local and social history of the Creuse, its people and landscape.
Annik and her husband Ed have been francophiles for years and were thrilled when an unexpected legacy allowed them to buy an old farmhouse near Chénérailles in 1994. Nowadays they spend about six months of the year there, together with their Jack Russell bitch and two elderly mongrels. Annik is a retired journalist and Ed is a former scientist and IT expert. They are both crazy about the Creuse...
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From stronghold to status symbol
How the defensive castle was battered into submission and a new local style evolved
Creuse chateaux – an introduction
How early medieval stone castles evolved from timber forts and lookout posts
The horse fair at Chénérailles
Tradition meets modernity on a revamped site
The hemp-dresser's melancholy stories
'As good a talker as ever there was':
George Sand brings a village character to life
George Sand brings a village character to life
Has the cat got my tongue?
How even lateral thinking can't translate those confusing French idioms...
Following the old ways
Explore the anciens chemins and a time machine will whisk you back to the Creuse of yesteryear
Journées du Patrimoine – stop press extras
THIS ARTICLE SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EARLIER ONE
Journées du Patrimoine 2009
Each year France celebrates its culture, traditions and landscapes – as well as its architecture and historic buildings – with a weekend of events, exhibitions, open days and entertainment
The backlash against radical teachers in 1848
"Teachers must be an example to the parents of the pupils, as well as to the pupils themselves.
They must be wise, reserved, irreproachable; and not go to cafés, taverns and public places.
They must never leave their school for even a single day without a plausible motive..."
They must be wise, reserved, irreproachable; and not go to cafés, taverns and public places.
They must never leave their school for even a single day without a plausible motive..."
Getting the measure of the metre
Find out how 18th century Creuse played a vital part in the mammoth saga of the definition of the exact length of the metre and thus the development of the metric system
