Deborah Lawrenson

  As the flat haze of the heatwave slumped into a cooler day of clouds, the evening brought the most vibrant sunset we've seen for a whi...

The August heatwave has us in its grip. A heavy, flat heat that saps energy and slows us down. Wasps swarm and hornets drone like B52s. Whe...

There's no getting away from it, the coast is hot and crowded in August and beggars can't be choosers when it comes to finding a ho...

A few miles inland from the yachts at harbour and the chic nightspots of Antibes and Juan les Pins, our old friends Trevor and Angela have ...

Introducing...Miss Superfly, who has been left hanging (as it were) while we've been away for a few days on the Cote d'Azur, stayin...

There's a distinctly arty-bohème vibe in the village of Viens. The tiny widow in dark clothes buying a single artichoke in the general ...

Did you spot the visual clue to the treasure in the last post? Across the road from Le Fournil, the restaurant in Place Carnot at Bonnieux,...