Elizabeth Wassell Montague
@elizabethwm.bsky.social
Novelist & short story writer; occasional journalist; Europhile; cinephile; New York-born Irish citizen residing in France; wife of John Montague
Appalling how general media downplay the verbal violence, the infantile benighted tantrums. Even France24 & Al Jazeera. They report he denounced Somalia but do not record what he said. The words. The horror of those words.
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Appalling how general media downplay the verbal violence, the infantile benighted tantrums. Even France24 & Al Jazeera. They report he denounced Somalia but do not record what he said. The words. The horror of those words.
13 degrees here in the SE which may seem fairly balmy but we are so spoilt by our Mediterranean climate that people are huddling inside their scarves & shivering melodramatically
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
13 degrees here in the SE which may seem fairly balmy but we are so spoilt by our Mediterranean climate that people are huddling inside their scarves & shivering melodramatically
Their love is so pure and their lives are too short.
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Their love is so pure and their lives are too short.
But he was beautiful! That tender face. Those ears…
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
But he was beautiful! That tender face. Those ears…
Same here.
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Same here.
How interesting. A squally morning in Nice, but the market was lively, and a pearlescent shimmer clung to the apples and pears when at last the sun broke through.
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
How interesting. A squally morning in Nice, but the market was lively, and a pearlescent shimmer clung to the apples and pears when at last the sun broke through.
Keep reminding us.
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Keep reminding us.
So true & succinct. As for the NYT, its international edition, located in Paris, used to seem romantic. Jean Seberg hawks it at metro Vavin in ‘Breathless’. But now it has listed so far right that even its food articles are cautious & boring.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
So true & succinct. As for the NYT, its international edition, located in Paris, used to seem romantic. Jean Seberg hawks it at metro Vavin in ‘Breathless’. But now it has listed so far right that even its food articles are cautious & boring.
Hotel du Lac is superb. I didn’t really like the Bay of Angels, partly I think because I live in Nice and the novel failed to evoke it. Also the characters are jaundiced somehow, not fully alive.
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Hotel du Lac is superb. I didn’t really like the Bay of Angels, partly I think because I live in Nice and the novel failed to evoke it. Also the characters are jaundiced somehow, not fully alive.
There is a deep elegance and and also sharp intelligence in her work. But her world is defeatist, full of honorable women disappointed in love by men who are wanting in courage or compassion. Still the sentences sing. Elizabeth Finch by J Barnes is a homage to her.
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
There is a deep elegance and and also sharp intelligence in her work. But her world is defeatist, full of honorable women disappointed in love by men who are wanting in courage or compassion. Still the sentences sing. Elizabeth Finch by J Barnes is a homage to her.
Can ignorance be profound? If so, she is profoundly ignorant.
October 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Can ignorance be profound? If so, she is profoundly ignorant.
In fact she was a caricature of masculinity: a warmonger; intolerant; cruel; power-hungry. The TERFs are mad.
September 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In fact she was a caricature of masculinity: a warmonger; intolerant; cruel; power-hungry. The TERFs are mad.
You are seriously beautiful.
September 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
You are seriously beautiful.
Actually the betterave, egg, and lamb’s lettuce salad can be pretty good.
September 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Actually the betterave, egg, and lamb’s lettuce salad can be pretty good.
Yes that’s true, though I prefer the market stalls for fruit and veg. Figs are in season here with their marvellous colours, and the first glossy apples.
September 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Yes that’s true, though I prefer the market stalls for fruit and veg. Figs are in season here with their marvellous colours, and the first glossy apples.
This is utterly tangential but are we saying ‘can’ now? Here in France, I overheard a British couple discussing ‘the movies’. Soon it will be ‘elevator’ or perhaps it already is…
September 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
This is utterly tangential but are we saying ‘can’ now? Here in France, I overheard a British couple discussing ‘the movies’. Soon it will be ‘elevator’ or perhaps it already is…
This is eloquent, bold and angry. And true. So true. The evil man is welcomed with pomp & fawning politicians; the unacceptable is embraced with fanfare.
September 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This is eloquent, bold and angry. And true. So true. The evil man is welcomed with pomp & fawning politicians; the unacceptable is embraced with fanfare.
Crazy and evil. Just a few years ago, people would have cried out in horror. But now such benighted daft cruelty, & its fascist implications, are the norm.
September 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Crazy and evil. Just a few years ago, people would have cried out in horror. But now such benighted daft cruelty, & its fascist implications, are the norm.
They are here homophobic as well. They believe that trans women and gay men encroach on their territory. How insecure they are, behind the rage.
September 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
They are here homophobic as well. They believe that trans women and gay men encroach on their territory. How insecure they are, behind the rage.