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Look out for helicopters

29th September 2007 by Helena 4 Comments  

BradSome amazing news today. Apparently Brad Pitt has been house-hunting in the Languedoc. Unlike most of us who do our house-hunting on the internet, Brad has been flying over the region in a helicopter and when he spots a pad he likes the look of, he lands and asks if it’s for sale.

As you can imagine since I heard this news four hours ago I have been in a state of high alert. I am not going to risk a bad hair second, let alone day, in case Brad takes a shine to our house lands here. My nails are painted, my underwear is matching (rather optimistic but you never know). As my husband told the friend of ours who broke the news. “If Brad lands on our lawn he’ll get more than he bargained for.”

You may remember from a previous blog that when I promised to be faithful to my husband I put in Brad as my one caveat.

My weekly supermarket shop suddenly became very exciting as I thought Brad might be in the next aisle. Well? Even film stars have to eat. And I know for a fact they sell peanut butter there, which no American can live without for more than five minutes.

The news that Brad may be my new neighbour is extremely exciting. If he does land on our lawn I might even have to pretend to sell my house to him, although now he’s moving into the region I’ve no desire to move at all.

Copyright: Helena Frith Powell 2007


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4 thoughts on Look out for helicopters

  • Barbara says:
    30th September 2007 at 9:25 am

    Brad will be unable to resist your charms when he sees how hot you look in your black party frock and pointy hat …

  • Brad says:
    1st October 2007 at 9:39 am

    Where is your house anyway? When is your husband away?
    Brad

  • Jonathan Miller says:
    2nd October 2007 at 4:44 pm

    I am afraid this sounds as mich a fantasy as finding Maddy. Still, if he wants to buy a house please send him ? la mienne.

  • Graham says:
    3rd October 2007 at 8:33 pm

    Surely you mean please send him to “chez moi” or please show him “la mienne”.

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Helena Frith Powell was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and Italian father, but grew up mainly in England. She is the author of eleven books, translated into several languages including Chinese and Russian. She wrote the French Mistress column The Sunday Times about life in France for several years. She is a regular contributor to the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, The Times, Daily Telegraph, Tatler Magazine and Harper’s Bazaar.

Helena has been the editor of four magazines, including M Magazine, a supplement for the Abu Dhabi-based National Newspaper and FIVE, a high-end fashion glossy, also published in Abu Dhabi. Helena was also editor-in-chief of 360 Life, a quarterly glossy magazine published with the Sports 360 Newspaper in Dubai, part of the Chalhoub Group.

Helena contributes regularly to UK-based newspapers and magazines and holds a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge. She is working on a thriller set in Sweden as well as a novel about the relationship between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield called Sense of an Echo.

In 2022 her short story The Japanese Gardener came second in the Fish Publishing Short Story Prize. One of her stories was also shortlisted for the Bridport Short Story Prize. When she’s not writing, she works as a headhunter for the media and entertainment industry for the Sucherman Group. 

Helena, who was educated at Durham University, lives in the Languedoc region of France with her husband Rupert and their three children.

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Two Lipsticks and a Lover 2005; Gibson Square (hardback)

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To Hell in High Heels; Arrow Books 2009 (also translated into Polish)

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Love in a Warm Climate; Gibson Square 2011

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The Longest Night; Gibson Square spring 2019

 

 

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