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The Arnolfini Portrait: The French Connection

One of the reasons, apart from the usual displacement activities, it takes so long to write a book is because of the rabbit holes the writer tumbles down along the way, often because of accidentally stumbling over just one sentence read somewhere or other a long time ago.

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The Amboise Museum

Although known locally as The Museum, its official title is Le Musée-Hôtel Morin. Built between 1501 and 1505 at the flowering of the French Renaissance, this was one of the first permanent monuments in Amboise.

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The Camera Manual Companion

This guide was written with two kinds of photographer in mind: The new camera owner and the mobile phone photographer transitioning to a larger format camera. It introduces the reader to the principles of photography in easy to read non-technical language.

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The restoration of Saint-Hubert's

Les Charpentiers sans Frontières have been restoring some of the Chapel rafters. Parts of the frame, more suited to a much lighter roof, are broken because of strong winds and the weight of lead. Eighty-year old oak trees felled locally from the woods around Chanteloup have been used for the restoration.

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