An old friend has left the magazine shelves - France - the magazine for Francophiles. I collected it for very many years, since the 1980s and started becoming a subscriber with Issue 2. Back then it was published four times a year and was a very collectible publication. You could even get slip cases to hold four issues, the series for a year. Later it was published monthly and still managed to retain its freshness with new and interesting articles. While sometimes some features would recur they always had a different angle or approach. Back then the magazine had competitions and I was lucky there on a couple of occasions winning some lovely French-themed books. But my special win was a return Motorail package with ferry crossings between any two rail stations. I opted for Calais to Nice return! Eventually decades of issues built up and I decided on recycling and give aways. I have held on to several significant issues: The 150th offering and the homage to Paris e...
