Blog :: Dieppe seen by Peter Avis

Happily, Joe Lee Wilson passed this way | 22/07/2011
There are people you meet in your life, perhaps just once, and you remember them for ever. They become a part of your own life. Admiration and affection dissolve into a single feeling. You never forget... réagir | lire la suite
Read on the beach | 03/07/2011
The idea is so simple. And yet nobody thought of it before: either in France, or Britain or perhaps anywhere else in the world. It is Lire à la plage (‘Read on the beach’), a free public library service... réagir | lire la suite
Transmanche: a vital link | 28/06/2011
Le Transmanche – the ferry service that links Newhaven to Dieppe, and cosies Sussex up with Normandy – is forever under discussion. Over the years, it has been threatened with closure from time to time... réagir | lire la suite
Praise trees that toss their heads in the wind | 29/05/2011
Nick Wellings is nothing if not crafty. He is crafty in unearthing ancient railway timetables; he is crafty in discovering lost paths through the life and works of Gustave Flaubert; he is crafty in... réagir | lire la suite
Night-time fun at the museum | 13/05/2011
Time was when museums were seen as fusty places, silently moldering away and only of interest to fusty people. No longer so. The British Museum is now one of the most exciting places to visit on the... réagir | lire la suite