Beth Haslam - Author of the Fat Dogs and French Estates series

I was absolutely delighted when Vanessa Couchman agreed to contribute a guest piece on my blog. Not only is she a highly talented novelist, ...

  We live in a rural part of France, which has lots of benefits and a couple of challenges. Shopping, for example. With nothing close-by, it...

For some, Sunday mornings are relaxing, sadly not here. It’s that time when I reluctantly drag out the duster and other cleaning kit to do b...

  For goodness’ sake, what a year! Attempts at recalling it are too painful for many, while others couldn’t wait to see the back of it. Here...