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• Richard Fair
• 16 Jul 07, 09:42 AM

Bonjour mesdames et messieurs et bienvenue 脿 ce petit p芒t茅 en cro没te de meringue de citron qui a 茅t茅 couvert en peinture verte. I dropped French when I was eleven, but it鈥檚 strange how much you can remember when you need to.

You see, Saturday was Bastille Day and it comes as no surprise that popped along to the to soak up the Manchester take on how to do things French. 鈥淢any French people who have made Manchester their adopted home rolled out the picnic blanket and uncorked the wine bottles.鈥�
The picture shows a couple of traditionally dressed French ladies explaining the finer points of French Cuisine. Picture by .

The final drops of the Manchester International Festival have now been squeezed out. popped along to The Lowry for Final Fantasy, but not before sampling Heston Blumenthal鈥檚 Chilled Summer Treats. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a shame I didn鈥檛 have time for the mushy pea sorbet.鈥�

Meanwhile found his way to Salford Quays to see New Young Pony Club.

So that was last week and this is this and I鈥檓 heading off to the until Sunday. Expect appeals for warm clothing, blankets and Red Cross parcels come Wednesday.

If you鈥檝e got green fingers and are at Tatton during the week pop in and say hello. I鈥檒l be the guy hanging around the 大象传媒 Manchester Garden cramming information about all things horticultural as I鈥檝e been invited to sit on a Gardener鈥檚 Question Time-type question and answer session and at the moment the only thing I鈥檓 really capable of doing in the garden is throwing the snails over the wall into next door.