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Left isn’t anti-Semitic author

saysNelcya Delanoë in front of the plaque erected as part of general war memorials in

Villeneuve les Avignon

AN AUTHOR and historian who has penned

a book on the roundup of Jews in wartime

France has spoken out on the anti-Semitism

row engulfing the British political left.

But her views come in sharp contrast to

comments from newly-elected London mayor

Sadiq Khan and a top Jewish leader.

Labour has suspended Ken Livingstone from

the party and an enquiry has been launched

after remarks he made to the BBC.

"When Hitler won his election in 1932, his

policy then was that Jews should be moved to

Israel. He was supporting Zionism before he

went mad and ended up killing six million Jews,"

Livingstone said.

Speaking to FG, Nelcya Delanoë said: “Anti-

Semitism is used to shut down a few remarks

on Israel. I don’t see why it [criticism of Israel]

should be linked [to anti-Semitism].

Sadiq Khan, London’s new mayor, of

Pakistani origin and a Muslim, has said that

Labour clearly "don’t understand what racism is".

And Board of Deputies of British Jews

president Jonathan Arkush reportedly told the

BBC recently: “What Ken Livingstone

deliberately did was to draw an equationbetween Nazism and Zionism.

“He therefore crossed a line into what

certainly most people would regard as distinctly

anti-Semitic.”

Delanoë's comments came at a recent

function where a plaque highlighting the round-

up of Jews during the Second World War in

Villeneuve les Avignon a southern French town

was unveiled thanks to her efforts.

Her book: ‘D’une petite rafle provençale…’

('A small roundup in Provence…’) is available in

good bookshops.

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A RADIO show all about vegetarianism has

been funded by the on-line crowd funding

scheme Kickstarter.

Now the fascinating show ‘Vegetarianism -

the story so far’, is on the airwaves and goes

on until spring next year.

Creator, reporter, editor and avid FG

reader, Ian McDonald told us: “The

programme tells the whole story from [the

early days] till today, around the world.

“You can listen to it on Resonance 104.4

FM in London, and on the internet wherever

you are via Veghist.org.

“It will be released one episode a month, infifteen parts, slowly unfolding over 2016 and

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LACTO-VEGETARIANISM has come to the land of the bullfight -

thanks to followers of a spiritual path.

Members of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas group are strict lacto-

vegetarians, and don't touch fish, flesh, fowl or eggs as part of a daily

meditation regime. An annual visit in May to Malaga, Spain by their leader

Gurinder Singh Dhillon brings thousands swarming into the area.

Now local traders have wisened up to the three-day guru-fest and are

offering egg free ice-cream to hungry Brit disciples, many of themstrangers to Iberia's soaring early summer temperatures.

Sylvia Pillay, an FG reader, volunteer and group member, said: “The

vendors in San Miguel the main street in Torremolinos knew all about

us. Signs everywhere - ‘no eggs’. One place was doing crepes with no

egg with a chocolate filling. I think we gave a boost to the economy.”

EGG FREE HELADOS- NO CREPE

“Then you have to take a French test,

because you have to be at a certain level in

French. We are at that stage now. We’ve done

the French tests. We’ve got our certificates.

We’re nearly at the end of the process.

“The final thing is, we have to get a police

report from our home country. So that they’re

sure that we’re not of dubious character. And

then we’ll be complete and we can then go and

depose it.”

Then, in typical Brit fashion, she adds warily:

“Based on my experience it might be that they

add a few extra things that we didn’t think of.”

A Frenchwoman born in an English-

woman’s body: Helen Landau tells FG about

her love affair with France and her reasons for

‘becoming French’. (See page 10).

Parlez-vous francais?… Helen Landau and Francis Squire hope to become French citizens.

ACCORDING to latest figures there are

around 400,000 Brits living in France.

Besides Paris they choose southern

France, Brittany and recently, Corsica.

Numbers shot up by 50% between 2009

and 2012. The French National Statistics

Institute (INSEE) puts this down to the

financial crisis which swept Europe.

BREXIT FEARS - from page 1

A LONDON bus, cleverly disguised as a

veggie food truck, has been taking Europe by

storm.

For the Vegan Routes food truck was one of

174 mobile food stands at the Brussels Food

Truck Festival 2016 this month.

One happy customer gushed: “Food trucks

normally tend towards fried and heavy foods, so

Vegan Routes was a welcome change we could

feel virtuous about. I gobbled down the hummus

with fresh heirloom veggies.”

On our last check Vegan Routes could be

found parked in Brewer Street in Soho, London.

Sin huevo . . . FG reader Sylvia Pillay tucks into some

egg-free Spanish goodies

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HOLLYWOOD A-lister and vegan

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Harrelson, 54, was hoping to open a

dispensary in the state, the first of its kind in the

USA.

He was among the first of nearly 60

applicants to make a bid to create one of the

pioneering dispensaries in Honolulu County

under his company name, Simple Organic

Living.

According to website The Cannabist the

five-member selection panel did not give any

reasons for accepting or rejecting applicants.Harrelson is an ethical vegan and raw foodist.

He also reputedly won’t eat sugar or flour.

Hawaii became the first state to legalize

medical marijuana 16 years ago.

Under a law passed in 2015, the state can

grant eight licenses. Applicants must have $1

million cash before applying for a licence, plus

$100,000 for each (of 2) dispensary locations.

Harrelson, with an estimated wealth of $65m

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in 80s’ Cheers, starred with Moore and Redford

in the seminal, Indecent Proposal and co-stars

with McConaughey in HBO’s True Detective.

Hawaii 5 - No!Clegg backs UK bid to

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The move comes as a Catholic bishop in America

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End Our Pain campaigners in the UK hope to

attract hundreds of thousands of signatures for a

petition backing the move.

They want doctors in the United Kingdom to be

able to prescribe marijuna to help take away the

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In Iowa, USA, Bishop Richard Pates has asked

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“I believe now is the time to help suffering Iowans

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EOP campaigner Peter Carroll told The

Independent: “Denying patients access to a medicine

that can help them just because it contains cannabis

is morally wrong and cruel.”

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Veggie dreams can cometrue - in sunny Croydon

Video game boosts

veggie appetite

WANT your kids to eat up their

greens? Simple, give them a video

game. Not any game, though. It has to

be one aimed at encouraging healthy

eating.

That’s the message from the US

Department of Agriculture which found

that a serious video game, Squires

Quest! II: Saving the Kingdom of

Fivealot, helped kids aged 10-11

improve their fruit and vegetable

intake. Lead researcher Dr Karen

Cullen said: “By using a serious video

games we saw increases in vegetable

intake at dinner . . . and fruit intake at

breakfast, lunch and snacks.”

In the game eight characters

interact with the player, a squire, who

must save the medieval kingdom of

Fivealot from sneaky King Ssynster by

meeting food goals and earning

enough badges to become a knight.

Of 400 participants, 79% reported

meeting all goals during game play.

The opening of a vegan cafe in

Croydon, Surrey has caused a stir

of interest in the local press and in

the fast-growing vegan and vegan-

curious community in the suburbs.

Marijan Suarez reports.

CONVENIENTLY located in Project

B at Middle Street, between bustling

Surrey Street market and the High

Street, Buttercream Dreams is a

relaxed urban vegan café, new to

central Croydon.

Lauren Adderley and her enthusi-

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portions of hearty mains, home-

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cocktails at affordable prices.

All the food is vegan and there

are gluten-free goodies and sugar

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followed by a delicious slice of blue-

berry and lemon polenta cake.

My companion had a superb

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FORGET the shop bought variety and get your

pressure cooker out from the back of the cupboard for

this traditional summer treat.INGREDIENTS

1 lb (450g) limes

1.2 kg granulated sugar (or more, to taste)

1 pint water + extra 2 fluid oz.

METHOD

Scrub fruit, removing any stalky bits.

Halve. Place in pressure cooker with one pint water.

Bring to pressure and cook 15 minutes, cool quickly by

using cold water on lid.

Place the limes and most of the water in a liquidiser

and liquidise to the texture you prefer.Pour into a preserving pan (or large thick-bottomed

pan) with the rest of the lime water and the 2 fluid oz

and the sugar. Heat gently to dissolve sugar, taste-

test; limes vary as to their ripeness and more sugar

may be required according to taste.

Bring to the boil (gently) then bubble-boil for 10

minutes, stirring occasionally.

Cool for 10 minutes and pot into warmed jars.

pic courtesy Jess

Fast-foodies risk breaking family

and social ties - a study showsDO YOU WOLF down ready-made

meals from the freezer or fridge when

you’re hungry rather than using fresh

ingredients you’ve bought at the local

organic store?

If so, you could be losing touch with the

food you consume and as a consequence

from society in general.

The startling results come from a public

dialogue commissioned by the UK’s Food

Standards Authority called ‘Our Food

Future’.

The subject was thrashed out recently

by 200 food experts who met in London to

discuss what the impact of changes to the

global food system could be and what we

all can do to get the best outcome for

people in the UK.

Steve Wearne, director of policy at the

Food Standards Agency, said: “The food

supply chain is complex and under

pressure from a growing world population.

“It's the FSA's role to understand how

this affects the interests of consumers.”

ASIAN food company TRS this month

pulled three of their products after

they were found to contain

salmonella.

In an official statement food watchdog

the UK Food Standards Agency said:

“TRS Wholesale is recalling its Jeera

(cumin) Powder and Dhania (coriander)

Powder because salmonella has been

detected in the products.

“TRS Wholesale is also recalling its

Ground Cumin (jeera) Powder and Chilli

Powder (Extra Hot) because salmonella

has been detected in the products.”

The west London based company

was founded over 50 years ago and is

part of the TR Suterwalla Group.

TRS claims to be one of the largest

suppliers of ethnic foods in the UK and

imports and packs over 900 lines from

its extensive facility in Southall, Middx.

Cash-and-carry manager Kirit Joshi

told Friends’ Gazette the items had been

withdrawn “while the FSA is carrying out

further tests”.

He said he was surprised by the

development and added this was the

first such incident in the company’s

history “as far as he knew”.

The recall affects 100g packs of

cumin and coriander with best before

dates of June and December 2017, and

400g chilli powder packs with a best

before date of March 2018.

Affected items can be returned to the

store of purchase for a full refund.

Curry spices in

salmonella fear

ALMOND and apricot kernels could

kill, the UK health watchdog has

warned.

The warning comes in the wake of a

recent re-evaluation by European

experts. Britain's Food Standard Agency

said this month: "We advise that bitter

apricot kernels including the powdered

forms should not be eaten.

"This is because a naturally-occurring

substance in the kernels changes – after

people eat the products – to cyanide.

"We also advise that sweet apricot

kernels and bitter almonds are not eaten

as the same toxic chemical can be

present in these also."

Cyanide is a poisonous chemical that

can cause nausea, fever, headaches

and, in extreme cases, be fatal.

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SCRAMBLE FOR VOTES

ON HOLY GROUND

Sikh ashram atcentre of

political visits

WORRIED Sikh politicians are

descending on a Punjabi ashram in an

unabashed bid to snatch votes as

elections loom.

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir

Singh Badal and his wife, also a

politician, visited Dera Baba Jaimal

Singh in Beas last month.

The visit came just a day after arch-

rival Rahul Ghandi dropped in for a

closed-doors chat with group leader

Gurinder Singh. (Breakfast in Beas -

Friends’ Gazette, April 2016)

Badal is related to Singh by marriage.

Both politicians are scrambling for

votes before next spring's local

government elections which could usher

in a change of power in the sub-

continent.

A recent report in Indian paper, The

Tribune, reads: "The dera, which has a

considerable number of followers from

the Dalit community, has been attracting

top leaders of various political parties."

Indians go to the polls next spring to

vote for local councils or Vidhan Sabhas.

As in the UK these results often

foreshadow national voting which follows

some time later when the government of

the country is up for grabs.

The centre is one of 900 ashrams or

‘deras’ in the area.

Known as Radha Soami Satsang Beas it

is popular with lower caste Sikhs or Dalits

who attend in their millions providing fertile

ground for vote hungry politicians.

Its belief system, known widely as Sant

Mat, is passed down from father to son and

remains in an Indian family in much the

same way as an orthodox western religion.

Like most spiritual leaders, Singh

maintains a neutral stance in all things

political, a well-known fact among followers.

Members of a Vidhan Sabha are direct

representatives of the people of a particular

state as they are directly elected by an

electorate consisting of all citizens above

the age of 18 of that state. (Comment p13)


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I WAS born in Paddington,

London and have lived a little

bit all over England.

I went to university in

Birmingham and my first job was

in Merseyside and then I came

back to London.

Actually, now we have

severed ties there. We are not

[two of] those people who just

have a little base [in France].

We live a hundred percent

here [in Villeneuve].

I was lucky I was given the

opportunity to work here by my

company [doing] marketing.

They actually brought us to

Paris. I stayed seven years in

that job. And during that time I

completely fell in love with the

life in France.

I think the French people still

have a lovely art of savouring

life, savouring the good things in

life that becomes a little bit

infectious. It could be something

as simple as really tasting the

foods that you eat.

I think the three-hour lunch

hours are a bit of a myth.

But even if it’s a 40-minute

lunch - time is taken, there’s a

little ceremony, even if it’s quite

simple.

That attracted me and I

definitely think there’s a bit of an

art to just sitting on the terrace

when the sun is out and enjoying

a cup of coffee.

‘I’m in love with France,I admire its values’Theatre owner and self-confessed francophile

tells Friends’ Gazette what it is that makes

her want to fully embrace her new country.

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I think one of the most fundamental things

[which makes me want to take French

citizenship] is not being able to vote. We don’t

have a right to vote in the UK because we don’t

have a permanent home in the UK and we don’t

have the right to vote in France, apart from in

some of the very local elections.We have now paid about 15 year’s worth of

taxes in France without ever having been able

to exercise the right to vote and it feels part of

being fully integrated into a country which is

what we always wanted to do.

We never wanted to just create or live in a

little enclave of British people that met up with

other British people and joined British tennis

clubs. We wanted to live in France and enjoy

the French [life] and it is just as a natural

extension of that.I have an inner French woman who was born

in an Englishwoman’s body with English-

woman’s skin that definitely doesn’t suit the

French climate. So I spend most of the summer

with this lovely English blush.

It’s a very bureaucratic process at the end of

[which], assuming it would be accepted, we

would be able to ask for a passport.

I’ll feel very proud [whenwe get it], because I am in

love with France. I do

admire its values.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité;

I’m not aware of three

British values. People do

talk about British values, but

they’re not as articulated in

that same way as they are

in France with their liberté, égalité, fraternité.

Men are equal to women; everyone is equal;we are free to think what we want to think,

exercise our religion freely and there is that

spirit that we should be

fraternal. We should support

each other.

I think there’s a great deal

of scepticism [in Britain]

towards Europe and what

benefits it brings and I think

that the vote [EU

referendum] will be rather

tight.

It’s not a given which way

the vote will go. If I had the

vote, because once again I don’t have the vote

because I can’t register because of the time that

I’ve been away I would definitely vote to stay in the

EU. Not just because of the individualistic reasons

that [leaving] might cause my life difficulty but I

fundamentally have always believed that a strong

Europe is a good thing.I have always had a

double life, one of my ‘more

lives than one’. I worked in

business in big multi-

national companies in

marketing, in market

research, but I always did

theatre on the side at the

highest levels that I possibly

could as an amateur, as an amateur actress.

I followed a two year course designed especiallyfor people like me at the brilliant Questors Theatre

which is based in Ealing in London. I did lots of

productions with them. It’s a course that goes over

two years. Very intensive. Three evenings a week

plus every tenth day for two years with two full

productions. It aims to take you to the level of

having a professional training, though it’s all done

on an amateur basis.

And then I continued with the theatre all through

my time in the UK with one or two productions a

year. Then when I came to France I joined a

French theatre group and did some productions

also in French, in Paris.

But it had always been at the back of my mind

that one day I’d love to have a theatre. And one

Sunday I had to work for my business all day and

at about five o’clock on a Sunday afternoon after

doing marketing reports I browsed through the

internet and I saw this little sign saying “Theatre for

Sale”.

It was a little pocket theatre. It’s very small. It

was an investment but it wasn’t millions of Euros. It

is a very, very small theatre. It’s kind of like one of

the English pub theatres. There are 33 places.

It was a now-or-never moment, really. It was

like: ‘every time you’re with friends

Pictured: (p10) Helen

Landau, (this page, top)

Fort St André, Villeneuve

les Avignon and (left)

Rue du Chapeau Rouge,

Avignon, after which the

theatre is named; (over)

‘More Lives Than One’ a

Chapeau Rouge poster

and the cantina just a

few doors down from the

theatre itself. cont. p12

I’m in love with France . . . from p10


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when the second bottle of wine opens you’re

always talking about how one day you want to

own a little theatre; now here’s one for sale, are

you going to do something about it or not?’

This was towards the end of 2011 and we

actually took ownership just after the Festival in

2012. So we do a lot of ateliers (workshops),

three a week, two in theatre and one in

medieval music. And we started conversation

classes in English as well.

We mainly do theatre and music, obviously

quite small productions that don’t require a big

stage with a small cast. Most of it is in French,

working with local groups, people from the Avignon

region.

And then we try to put on something once a year

in English. Less easy to do because there aren’t so

many [English] people in this area that are into

theatre but we do manage to do a bit in English.

Then, of course, we have our participation in the

Avignon Festival which is full-on; seven shows a

day for three weeks.

Helen was speaking to Stephen Ward.

I’m in love with France . . . from p 11


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I FULLY breast fed my children

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Chère [Friends’ Gazette],

EXCUSE-moi d’être tardive pour vous

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Friends’ Gazette.

Nous étions absents pour trois jours.

Journal très intéressant à lire et bien

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l’article qui relate notre test pour le

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early for FG chocoholics - FG April)

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Amitiés,

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COMMENTGet the basics right

THERE is no keeping politics out of

religion. Presidents, prime ministers,

kings, queens and princes love to drop

in on spiritual leaders.

In their insatiable appetite for votes or

support they hope that some of the

leader's spiritual charisma will rub off on

them and that his or her blessing will

result in favourable poll ratings.

But in a democratic society these

meetings between spiritual leaders and

hopeful temporal ones must be held in

public and be public knowledge.

Something sadly not in evidence

when Radha Soami guru Gurinder

Singh recently met with top Indian

politicians. (Scramble for votes... p9)

First Rahul Ghandi, VP of India's

Congress Party; then the very next day

by Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir

Singh Badal of Sikh political party

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).

Yet not an official beep! It took the

Indian press and Friends’ Gazette to

break this otherwise hush-hush news.If this group wants to operate

effectively in the West and it clearly

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