Dead Mice and Canapes
'We're thinking about having a little lunch party on Sunday. Can you do canapés for between 20 and 40?' Asked the expat documentary maker who spoke four languages, including French and Russian and lived in the village here in the Var. I had arrived alone in Provence five months previously and was desperate for any paid work. I said yes. My previous job, managing a sculpture business in Scotland, included hosting parties for potential clients. Laying on food for 40 I could d
