Back in January, I wrote a blog post on this website explaining why 2019 was going to be a big year for Dieppe. It turns out that it was even bigger than I expected. Thanks to gorgeous weather thro...

What a weekend! On 16 and 17 November, tens of thousands of hungry visitors descended on Dieppe to celebrate the 50thanniversary of our famous herring and scallop fair. The event promised to be epi...

France is a fabulous country, but it has its downsides. For years, soft urban planning rules on the outskirts of towns led to the development of horrendous shopping areas which sucked the life out ...

It’s been a sizzling summer here in Dieppe! It all started off early, when the superb Hermione frigate docked in our port mid-May, followed by several big nautical events such as the National coast...

It’s easy to forget that Dieppe is in such a strategic geographic location. Halfway between London and Paris, two of the world’s most famous and bustling cities, lies a seaside town which has yet t...

We did it! Well, almost that is. On Friday 14th June, Dieppe’s famous Saturday morning market was voted 2nd best in the whole country, the big winner being Montbrison in the Loire region. After two...

There is a real buzz about Dieppe at the moment. New shop and restaurant openings, a bustling market which is set to be elected as one of France’s most beautiful markets in a few days time, stronge...

Some of you may remember John Boyett. The gentle Sussex jazzman was a great friend of my late father’s, and that is how I came to know him well. He loved Dieppe deeply and used to spend most of his...

Every cloud has a silver lining. Brexit may well have been postponed, the forecast is still looking gloomy as uncertainty prevails. However, people tend to come together and reach out to one anothe...

1) 2019 is the year to visit Normandy, and therefore Dieppe! Indeed, this beautiful part of France has been listed by Lonely Planet, CNN, Frommer’s and many others as one of the world’s top regions...