Part One of Harry Chapman’s new article, “Horses, Film Stars and Cider: Deauville and the Pays d’Auge” is now headlining in “The Arbuturian” taking in the delights of Normandy’s glamorous seaside resort and beyond, which plays host to an internationally renowned film festival as well as equestrianism of the highest order. Art and culture too in abundance.

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Harold Chapman has a new travel sketch headlining in “The Arbuturian”. “Waterloo”, based on an experience walking back across the Thames, shows a city as textured, strange and mysterious as any on the planet.

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Harold Chapman has a new story headlining in The Arbuturian. “Al Alvarez: A Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man” is a character sketch of the octogenarian poet, essayist, rock climber, poker player and swimmer Al Alvarez who he has encountered on and off over the last half decade at the Highgate Bathing Pond. Illustration by the author.

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Bouncing us into 2015, the second part of Harold Chapman’s articled sojourn at “Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons” in which he learns to sauté like a prince and throw together a quick gewürztraminer sauce at the Raymond Bland cookery school, is now up and running in the Arbuturian;

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Following his sojourn at Raymond Blanc’s temple of gastronomy “Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons” Harold Chapman brings you his wrestles with the nine course tasting menu followed by his induction into the world famous cookery school…

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