Deborah Lawrenson

 Throughout our corner of Provence , fruit and nut trees stand in regimented orchards. In spring they blossom in checkerboards: billows of ...

There’s such imagination, charm and photographic talent among the vendors and collectors of vintage and shabby chic that wandering around t...

This charming and cheerful painting of tiger lilies is by French art blogger Carole Capo-Chichi. The colours are gorgeous, and the way the ...

 I’ve mentioned before that we’re doing some major building work at our property, and that the builders are great craftsmen. But the person...

 Of all the books set in France I’ve been reading, Pierre Magnan’s Innocence is one of the most atmospheric and mesmerizing. As ...

 The summer we arrived on our Luberon hillside, I would sit reading in the courtyard under the trees. As hot still days went by, a luscious...

 A short boat ride from Marseille or Cassis are the magical calanques , deep cliff inlets like small fjords. For all the photographs and ar...