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The Writer and the Traitor by Robert Verkaik review – divided loyalties ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Sex, booze and subterfuge – the extraordinary friendship of Graham Greene and spy Kim Philby
At the Café Royal in Regent Street in 1944 three intelligence officers bent over their plates while Europe …
34 days ago
Édouard Philippe’s presidential ambitions run into trouble in his Normandy base ○
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a story from Politico EU ✅ › Politico EU
The former PM is seen as well placed to beat the far right in next year's French presidential election. But first he has to see off a Communist challenger in Le Havre.
43 days ago
Couple who won £250,000 French château in Channel 4 competition plan to use the idyllic property for their 'fairytale wedding' ⊕⊕
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Natasha Manners and Xavier Bhoyroo beat 11 other pairs in 'Château DIY: Win The Dream' to get the keys to a 'magnifique', six-bedroom, 18th century residence in rural Normandy.
64 days ago
D-Day veteran who 'never thought of himself as a hero' dies aged 100 ⊕⊕
Lamond served during the Normandy landings and later helped rescue PoWs in the Pacific.
74 days ago
Appeal goes out for funeral mourners after hero veteran who stormed the beaches on D-Day and helped liberate Belsen dies aged 99 ⊕
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Rifleman Jim Justice stormed the Normandy beaches on June 6 1944 and marched on to help liberate the Belsen-Bergen concentration camp a year later.
75 days ago
British D-Day hero 'dies a happy man' aged 100 after being granted campaign medal for his role in historic invasion a week before his passing ⊕
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Don Butt stormed the Normandy beaches in the first wave at Juno Beach, France, on June 6 1944 after enlisting in the Royal Marines at 17.
77 days ago
French police told by their human rights watchdog to stop using rubber bullets and tear gas on UK-bound small boat migrants - putting Channel agreement in peril ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Influential Defender of Rights Claire Hédon said that tactics used on the beaches of Calais and Normandy risk harming the thousands of young men flooding into Britain.
87 days ago
My cultural awakening: an Eddie Izzard routine inspired me to learn French – and get a job with the EU ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Being able to understand the comedian talking in French in his Dress to Kill show led to me learning several languages and working on the continent
Until the age of 13, I had never taken much interest…
3 months ago
Retired teacher who has never smoked fined for dropping cigarette in Nottingham - despite being 440 miles away in Normandy ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Ray Weatherburn, 76, was eating breakfast in Normandy, France, when he was accused by Nottingham city council of littering from his silver Vauxhall Corsa.