Mary Fleming

Friday, 5 October Paris is under siege. It often is in September-October. The traffic is terrible. Disgruntled workers, back from a month’s holiday, start striking »

Friday, 21 September Writers block is bad news for a writer but a much more critical condition is affecting me at the moment: brain block. I »

Friday, 7 September Every year in the middle of August a miracle occurs in Paris. And I’m not referring to the Virgin Mary’s trip »

Friday, 13 July We have once again crossed the Rhine. It does not get any easier with practice, even on a Sunday. Half of Europe was »

Friday, 29 June As the US prepares to celebrate 242 years of Independence, some citizens may be buying their charcoal with a certain feeling of superiority »