French
14 Apr 2017
We car buyers are a fickle and fashion led bunch. Not so long ago we snapped-up MPVs like… well, they were going out of fashion. No self-respecting school run parent was without a Sharan, a Galaxy, a Touran, an S-Max, an Alhambra, a Zafira, a Carens… Or of course an Espace or Grand Scenic, it was after all Renault and their Espace that kicked this whole mono-box family mini-bus thing off in...
10 Mar 2017
Storm Doris blew in just as my week with Peugeot’s new 3008 SUV started; Storm Ewan blew in right in the middle of it. Trees came down, power supplies were cut off in places for a little while, and top it all off the local water authority took it upon themselves to shut my usual road to work.
In this part of the already Far Un-lit Unknown that means long diversions on poorly surfaced single...
13 Jan 2017
Adults have the exciting opportunity to learn the essentials of French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese this January, with a new programme of courses taking place in Shrewsbury town centre.
The 10 week short-courses with Bright Owls aim to provide the basics of each student’s chosen language - and the New Year courses continually prove popular year after year with students who are either total...
18 Dec 2016
One of the oldest motorsport venues in the world is not perhaps the first place you’d think of when it comes to testing an all-new 5-door B-segment supermini from a mainstream manufacturer. Nevertheless, it was close by…
After the dash-mounted sat-nav in Citroen’s latest, and the 3rd generation of their best-seller, the C3 instructed my co-driver Wayne Gorrett and I to repeat yet...
16 Oct 2016
Mum’s the Word for Shropshire businesswoman Davina Hamilton whose Lingotot business is set to star in ITV’s eagerly anticipated Sam Faiers; The Mummy Diaries.
The six week series, which follows the day to day life of the reality TV star as she finds her feet as a mother to baby Paul, will feature a Spanish Lingotot class inside the young mum’s home.
Lingotot is a national company which provides...
03 Apr 2016
“Whatever you do don’t call it a Citroen” said the delivery driver before handing me the keys to what I should correctly refer to as the DS4 Crossback. Or is it a 4 Crossback from DS Automobiles? The truth is I’m still not really quite sure.
Using the kind of infinite wisdom that only Citroen can, the ever-so slightly out-there and archetypally French manufactuerer des voitures have...
02 Sep 2015
Bright Owls in Shrewsbury are very pleased to release their new programme of group language classes for adults.
Spanish, Italian, German and French are all on offer at a variety of levels, beginner to advanced. Classes commence in September 2015 and run through until May 2016.
There are many reasons for learning a new language - providing an opportunity to meet new people, the chance to develop...
06 Feb 2015
Shrewsbury based language school, Bright Owls, is preparing for the next school holiday - and there are exciting and engaging language workshops planned for children aged 5-11!
Offering a week of activities, young participants will have fun whilst building their vocabulary in either French or Spanish - learning through songs, games and other fully interactive activities.
On the final day of the...
14 Jan 2015
Ever since Alec Issigonis sketched what was to become the original (and still the best) mini on a napkin during dinner, nearly every small car you can think of has followed his layout of transversally front-mounted engine, front-wheel drive. There have been exceptions; Hillman’s Imp springs to mind immediately, partly because I had one; the original Fiat 500 too. And of course there was The...
14 Jan 2015
Soft not prickly.
Citroen: A car manufacturer that, when it comes to design, has never been afraid to think out of the four-wheeled box. They’re the people who brought you the Traction Avant, the automotive icon that was the original DS, the H-Van, and probably most famously of all, the 2CV. Idiosyncratic just doesn’t do them justice.
More recently though under parent company Peugeot,...
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