Back Issues
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December 2011 (11MB) Thought for the Day; Top to Toe's Tips; Creuse Muse; A Seafarer's Tale; Writers' Group News; Going Dutch; Language Corner
November 2011 (11MB) Armistice Day, Rememberance Day; Creuse Muse; Expats Voting Rights; Charles Aznavour; Thought for the Day; Buzzy Bee Corner; Top to Toe's Tips for Beautiful Feet; Recipe Corner; Going Dutch; Language Corner
October 2011 (10MB) Journées Nationales de la Laine; Latvia Mission June 2011; Creuse Muse; Poetry Corner; Onions and all that; Buzzy Bee Corner; Book of the Month; Top to Toe's Tips for Beautiful Nails
September 2011 (13MB) Festival Fôret Follies; Creuse Muse; A South African Tale; The Summer Gone; Poetry Corner; Golf at Bourganeuf; Buzzy Bee Corner; Book of the Month: 'Room' by Emma Donoghue; Top to Toe's Tips; Language Corner; Going Dutch
July 2011 (13MB) Tour de France 2011; Music Notes; Poetry Corner; Buzzy Bee Corner; Book of the Month: A Life Like Other People's by Alan Bennett; Top to Toe's Tips for Successful Eyebrow Shaping; Language Corner; Going Dutch
June 2011 (14MB) Points de Vue; Expo Anglophone; 1957 and all that; Creuse Muse; Poetry Corner; Book of the Month "To Kill a Mockingbird"; Buzzy Bee Corner; Going Dutch
May 2011 (14.2MB) Expo Anglophone; The Bane of Back Pain; Cleaning Out The Fridge; Creuse Muse; Permaculture Tools - SADIMET; Buzzy Bee Corner; Language Corner
April 2011 (10.3MB) Discover Golf; Foraging For Food; Language Corner; Allo Allo!; Confessions of a Secret Board Treader; Permaculture Tools - Sector Analysis; Billy and Me; Buzzy Bee Corner; Book of the Month 'Trespass' by Rose Tremain
March 2011 (10.6MB) Creuse News Exhibition Expo Anglophone; From Australian Sun to the Snow of the Massif du Sancy Mountain Range; A Way to Beat The Winter Blues?; Permaculture Tools; Creuse Muse; Buzzy Bee Corner;
February 2011 (6.5MB) Reduce, Reuse and Recycle; Permaculture Principles; Creuse Muse; Mind, Body & Soul; Poetry Corner; Buzzy Bee Corner; Book of The Month 'The Corrections'; Top to Toe's Tips; Language Corner
January 2011 (7.0MB) ADIE Offers Micro-Credit to the Microentrepreneur; A Cautionary Tale for the New Year; Permaculture Principles; SSAFA France; Poetry Corner; Buzzy Bee Corner; Book of the Month; Pôle Locale d'Accueil; Language Corner
December 2010 (8.0MB) Christmas Carols; Christmas Quiz; To Collect Or Not To Collect; Creuse Muse; Beck's Year; Buzzy Bee Corner; Le Gateau Creusois; Book of the Month; Language Corner
November 2010 (9.0MB) Monet and the Creuse; Auto-Entrepreneur Survey; Homemade Poetry; Creuse Muse; Top to Toe's Tips for Healthy Hair; Buzzy Bee Corner; SOS Brico Creuse; Book of the Month; Language Corner
October 2010 (9.0MB) Claude Chabrol; Creuse News Photographic Competition Results; Selling a Property - The Modern Way; A Natural Way to Help Yourself; Jon - The Carpet Man; "Klinkers and all That"; Buzzy Bee Corner; Top to Toe's Tips; Book of the Month; Language Corner
September 2010 (8.0MB) Restos du Coeur; Thoughts from Jim; Swanky Seamstress; Integration Vouchers; Crème brulée; Rogue Traders; Top to Toe's Tips; Permaculture; Letter; Library News; Emotions Sauvages; Royal Flush; Buzzy bee; We Shop Britain 4 U; Animal Crackers; Grass snake; Boussac Book club; Language Corner
July 2010: (8.0MB) Permaculture; Thoughts about the Creuse; Bastille Day; Vieilleville; CSF Cancer Support; Small Business Exhibition; Bek's Column; Broadband Problems Solved; Creuse Muse; Buzzy Bee; Cruising at Crozant; Notice to Pet Owners; Book Club; Tour de France; Language Corner; Classifieds
June 2010: (7.0MB) An English Style Summer Fête in Boussac; Welcome en Limousin; Permaculture; Camping Les Boueix; WAIF's - Women Alone in France; Bek's Column; Poetry Corner; New Pipe Organ at Benevent L'Abbaye; Spinning a Yarn; Creuse Muse; The Boussac Book Club; Buzzy Bee Corner; Language Corner
May 2010: (6.0MB) L'Arboretum de la Sedelle; Passion for Glass; Académie Française; A House with a Lake; Poetry Corner; Cancer Support France; Bek's Column; Champlong Chatterie; Permaculture; Mechanical Matters; Creuse Muse; Inside/Outside; Buzzy Bee Corner; Language Corner
April 2010: (7.0MB) L'Etang des Landes; Houses On Internet; The Friendly Library; Pregnant Wild Boar Massacred; The Boussac Book Club; Permaculture...will change your life; Les Tuileries de Bord; Buzzy Bee Corner; Language Corner
March 2010: (6.0MB) La Solidarité; EHIC New Rules; Beks' Column; La Parroise St Jacques; Pass The Test? Yes You Can!; Creuse Muse; Free Firewood; ...and all that Jizz; The Fine Art of the Vegetable Patch; Language Corner
February 2010: (3.5 MB) The Préfecture and The Préfet; Focus on French Entrée; Buzzy Bee Corner; Beks' Column; Language Corner; The Grandfathers Speak; Birdlife in the Creuse; The Boussac Book Club
January 2010: (4.2 MB) Les Grandes Écoles; Creuse Muse; How To Sell A House Through The Internet; Latest News from Limoges International Airport; Some Things Are Just Meant To Be; Divorce and Child Custody; Language Corner; The Grandfathers Speak; 'Twas On A Monday Morning; Sting - 'If On A Winter's Night'
December 2009: (2.5 MB) The Christmas Tree; Introducing Marengo; Buzzy Bee Corner; Guéret Hotels; Flying for Ourselves...; Death in France; Gardening at La Metairie
November 2009: (4.6 MB) Red Gold in the Creuse – Le Safran; Walkabout in Crocq; Buzzy Bee Corner; The Anglais who don't pay!; Language Corner; South Africa and the Creuse; The Grandfathers speak; Energy Performance Certificate; La Maison Shopping Services
October 2009: (4.6 MB) The Arboretum de la Sedelle; What wood to burn?; Wind turbines in the Creuse; Kicks 23 Karate in the Creuse; Buzzy bee corner; Language corner; Need an English mechanic?
September 2009: (5.5 MB) VTT sur les sentiers des Macons; Time to sweep that chimney; Sophie's language column; Gardening at La Métierie; Buzzy bee corner; A summer of memories; Pop into Paperpod; Cadastre – what is it?; Toiletry matters; Were you a stay-at-home voter this year?
July & August 2009: (5.2 MB) History revealed on the hills of Bridiers; Tour de France in the Limousin; The gentle art of Tai Chi; Hummingbird hawkmoth; “Tutoiement” & “vouvouiement”; The bee in my bonnet; How to sell a house in France; Eating out experiences; French cheques; Gardening at La Métairie
June 2009: (4.0 MB) The French Colonial Empire; Raising the roof: Essential information on roof repairs or replacements; Quality of Life; Good moaning; Gardening at La Métairie; Argenton-sur-Creuse; Les Pigeons Anglais
May 2009: (4.1 MB) The French Foreign Legion; Gardening at La Métairie; Profile of Jenna Hines, author; French auctions; Tax Credits and VAT in France; A love of singing; La P'tite Reine
April 2009: (4.5 MB) Johnny Hallyday A French Star; The sounds of Scotland in the Creuse; Committed to le comité; French lessons in the Creuse; Gardening at La Métairie; Banque Populaire; Sophie's language column
March 2009: (4.2 MB) Avenue des Champs-Elysées; Radio PAC and Pompadour; M le Procureur de la République; A big thumbs up for the Auto Entrepreneur scheme!
February 2009: (4.2 MB) The Citroën 2CV; Autoentrepreneur – be careful of it being 'too simple'; Solar systems, heating systems and renewable energy – is it worthwhile?; Go-karting at Limoges; France and internet; Quoi de neuf?; Hunting for Black Diamonds; Solar Photovoltaic Systems
January 2009: (4.4 MB) Snow Sports, just two hours away; La Souterraine Christmas market; Starting a business in France; All you need to know regarding building regulations...; Llamas & alpacas; Les Soldes (“the sales” in France; How to tire out a dog?; New indoor mini market in St Georges la Pouge; Happy New Year!; Anyone for Church?; Underfloor Heating Systems
December 2008: (4.5 MB) The mysterious mistletoe; Christmas language & celebrations; All you need to know regarding building regulations...; Energy Info; Food for your soul; “Ce n'est pas grave”; The Sapeurs-Pompiers, a British perspective; Décor advice
November 2008: (4.5 MB) La Bastille; Birthday round-up; French divorce: a nightmare?; When is a baguette not a baguette?; Forgotten treasures: Puy de Gaudy; The Library; French language corner; A visit to the Chateau d'Arfeuille, Felletin; The cinema in Guéret; Décor Advice, room for change
October 2008: (3.6 MB) Marianne; Horse news from chez Hammond; Forêt Folliees; Croissants and their history; Woodburning stoves and cookers; A little TLC
September 2008: (3.5 MB) Drapeau Tricolore; A chestnut experience; Pont Noir; Cycling the Creuse in June 2008; Forêt Follies; Different...A Bit...Well...; Anyone for Boules?; Sagesse, Association loi 1901
July & August 2008: (3.6 MB) Le Tour de France; Two people & their ponies; Veillées au village; Tai-chi-chuan; L'atelier du coiffure; News about SINCA; Skype the world for free!; Hotel Château Sallandrouze
June 2008: (2.6 MB) Masgot, a village of stone in the heart of the Creuse; RPG – Radio Pays de Guéret; Camping 'n fishing; Auberge Maplethorpe; Walking with llamas
May 2008: (2.7 MB) Aubusson, a tapestry town; Théâtre Jean Lurcat; Evaux les Bains; Garden Tips; Reflexology, qu'est-ce que c'est?; Gardening advice from Jayne and Richard's nursery
April 2008: (2.6 MB) 1968, 40 years on...; Congratulations Ben!; “En toute impunité”; Move to France!; 'I had a dream'; Le Grand Hotel Thermal; International Dance Class
March 2008: (2.7 MB) La Marseillaise; Le Verger – SNCF protest;Dogs home, Guéret;Le Moulin du Chat Cros; Lycée Agricole at Ahun; Portage Companies
February 2008: (1.9 MB) The road to Emmaus; Up on a roof; La Chandleur (Candlemas); Stages de cuisine; Like sardines; A few facts & figures;Anyone for tennis
January 2008: (1.9 MB) Les Macons de la Creuse; Planes, trains and everything in between; New B&B rules; Maupuy; Paper...paper everywhere!; What is a notaire?; Driving matters
December 2007: (2.1 MB) Restos du Coeur; Social Security in France for expats; An introduction to Horse whispering; Christmas vocabulary; Going green; Cirque Valdi; Wanger playing & other things
November 2007: (2.0 MB) Entente cordiale; Ahun; Limoges airport; Nutty vocabulary; Chèque Emploi Service Universel (CESU); Just nipping to the corner shop!
October 2007: (1.1 MB) First issue; A yurt in the Creuse; Anzême; Fromage franglais
