What the critics said about Speak the Culture

How refreshing and, to be honest, reassuring, to come across a book of such high quality… If you want to unravel French DNA read this book. It deals with an erudite subject in a way that is easy to digest and a pleasure to read. If you call yourself a Francophile or wish to understand you French friends better, this book belongs in your hands. It should come with a ‘learning guaranteed’ certificate.
Sylvie Wheatley France Magazine

It’s a miracle of compression spiced with good trivia… Read the book carefully and you will have the skeleton of French culture. It will then be up to you to put the flesh on the bones and really dominate those conversations.
Anthony Peregrine Daily Telegraph

For anybody living in France, visiting the country on holiday or simply interested in French life, Speak the Culture, France is essential reading, giving its readers access to information normally gained through years of cultural observation.
Living France Magazine

No publisher has attempted anything quite like this, and the publishers Thorogood are to be much applauded for their ingenuity and achievement. While not being in the slightest dumbed down, the information here (while often dealing with such weighty subjects as Proust and French existential philosophers) is delivered in a concise and highly accessible style (and aided considerably by the clever graphics which have a nicely self-mocking subtext – when was that last seen in a book on a foreign country?)
Barry Forshaw Amazon

A veritable cultural kaleidoscope of famous, influential and significant activities, events, places and people that add up to France.
French Property News

Speak the Culture: Spain

… a tapas menu with bite-size chunks on everything from history to film.
Daily Telegraph

… essential… a fabulous new book.
Living Spain Magazine

Captures the true spirit of Spain.
Spanish Homes Magazine