The Saint-Thibéry summer

Quiz shows, neighbours and the gift of courgettes. Plus a recipe for how to stuff them and this week’s market haul.

Years ago, we spent the summer in Saint-Thibéry, a village about fifteen minutes from here. It must have been 2008, because I remember my dad watching the Beijing Olympics in the cool of the first-floor sitting room, the shutters closed against the sun. He was so exasperated at seeing the flag being handed over to Boris Johnson, then mayor of London, hi…