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French Sunday and the Italian month off | Brief letters

The antidote to a French Monday | August on holiday | School dinners | Dance-hall don’ts As I write this, I’m enjoying my French Sunday (Polly Hudson, 23 August) with a croissant from the local bakery – open, of course – and a coffee. I’ll meet friends for lunch in a local riverside restaurant, then travel a few miles to a wonderful cafe, for even more coffee and their homemade cakes. Relaxing? Of course it is. It’s

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24 Aug 2026, 17:40 UTC
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The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 17:32 UTC
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France
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The antidote to a French Monday | August on holiday | School dinners | Dance-hall don’ts As I write this, I’m enjoying my French Sunday (Polly Hudson, 23 August) with a croissant from the local bakery – open, of course – and a coffee. I’ll meet friends for lunch in a local riverside restaurant, then travel a few miles to a wonderful cafe, for even more coffee and their homemade cakes. Relaxing? Of course it is. It’s
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    French Sunday and the Italian month off | Brief letters

    The antidote to a French Monday | August on holiday | School dinners | Dance-hall don’ts As I write this, I’m enjoying my French Sunday (Polly Hudson, 23 August) with a croissant from the local bakery – open, of course – and a coffee. I’ll meet friends for lunch in a local riverside restaurant, then travel a few miles to a wonderful cafe, for even more coffee and their homemade cakes. Relaxing? Of course it is. It’s

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
  • publisher category Europe rss-category
  • publisher category France rss-category
  • publisher category France holidays rss-category
  • publisher category Italy rss-category
  • publisher category Italy holidays rss-category
  • publisher category World news rss-category
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#2072
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470,421 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
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