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Carolyn Boyd

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📕 Author - Amuse Bouche: How to Eat Your Way Around France 🇫🇷 Travel & food writer @ mags & newspapers 📮https://francetraveller.substack.com 👩🏻‍🍳 Communications manager - The Roux Scholarship 📍 Cheltenham, UK / somewhere in France

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Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · 2d

Palm Royale is brilliant! And wanna see Knife Edge new Michelin documentary, and the new Vince Gilligan thing… xx

Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · 7d

Male humans really need to up their game

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Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · 8d

So sorry Laura. That is tough xx

Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · 20d

Happy tears in my eyes reading the itinerary for my next trip. It is absolutely beyond my wildest dreams… and I just want to tell my 2015 self, when I cried sad tears en route to work every day, that things are going to work out. 😊✊🏼

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Michel Lacombe @michellacombe.bsky.social · 23d

Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in 51 BC and died in 44 BC, therefore all of Asterix's adventures took place over the course of less than seven years, probably much less since Asterix's chieftain was at the battle of Alesia, were it is probable Asterix and Obelix's fathers died. In this essay, I will

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 25d

Our community has lifted the lid on the daily struggles and financial challenges of living with coeliac disease, particularly in the wake of NHS cuts to gluten-free prescriptions

‘Have a heart, NHS’: Readers share tough reality of living with coeliac disease

Our community has lifted the lid on the daily struggles and financial challenges of living with coeliac disease, particularly in the wake of NHS cuts to gluten-free prescriptions

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 27d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · 29d

Oh là 🫣

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 29d

🔺BREAKING: Sébastien Lecornu resigns as French prime minister

The long-serving ally of President Macron quit just hours after selecting ministers for his prospective government

Follow the latest ⬇️

Sébastien Lecornu resigns as French prime minister

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Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Oct 1

Dear @teamlabouruk.bsky.social, I don’t wanna hear you slagging off NF. It’s boring. And repetitive. Just tell us how you’re going to repair this country’s bad bits, because his version won’t work. Give us the solutions 🙄

Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Oct 1

Best place 👌

Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Sep 26

This promises to be excellent! Love Montreuil 💕

opalcoastfoodtours.com @opalcoastfoodtours.bsky.social · Sep 26

Very pleased to announce that we are offering walking food tours of Montreuil-sur-Mer. Visit www.opalcoastfoodtours.com for information or to book.
#montreuilsurmer #pasdecalais #gastronomy #foodtour #frenchfood #opalcoast #opalcoastfoodtours #foodlovers #walkingtour #france #slowfood #slowtourism

Description of Opal Coast Food Tours taken from website with a photo of picturesque Rue du Clape en Bas in Montreuil-sur-Mer

Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Sep 26

Hippies = decent humans 🤦🏼‍♀️

Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Sep 23

Sorry BBC, by ‘remarkable and wide-ranging speech’ you mean ‘unhinged and full of lies’ 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Sep 17

Entirely justified!

Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Sep 17

Crikey, you deserve 3 of those then !

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Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Sep 9

Loved writing this… Whey hey 🧀😄 www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...

Whey to go: Is cheese the new reason to travel?

From Alpine caves to Corsica's mountains, travellers are discovering France's landscapes and traditions through its most famous dairy delicacy.

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Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Sep 1

🤦🏼‍♀️🤣

Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Sep 1

I love this! How does it smell? 🤣

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Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Aug 31

Karol Ploch is at Kerridge’s Bar & Grill…

Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Aug 29

No she hasn’t 🙄

Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Aug 23

Fantastic article… have been meaning to go for years!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 23

‘It’s back to the future’: the 13th-century castle built by hand in France

A quarter of a century after our first visit, the Guardian returns to Guédelon to find old-fashioned toil has built “thoroughly modern” architectural laboratory

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Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Aug 20

Love Carrefour 💕

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The Francophile Fille @francophilefille.bsky.social · Aug 12

This is a corner of France I’d like to explore more.

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

#FranceTravel #France #FrqncophileFille #Brittany @theguardian.com

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My beautiful French detour: the belle epoque charm of the Pays de la Loire coastline

This tucked-away corner of north-west France is home to beautiful beaches, salt marshes and cider

www.theguardian.com

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Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Aug 12

Same! Writing this inspired me to go back for a longer stay ☺️

Carolyn Boyd @carolynboyd.bsky.social · Aug 3

Had an amazing dinner last night at Crocadon Farm in Cornwall. Chef Dan Cox is a regenerative farmer and has a green and one star from Michelin. I tasted unusual herbs and varieties of produce… One of the desserts was this lemon verbena sorbet. Out of this world! Get down there! www.crocadon.farm