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M-Festival 2026 – Nanteuil-en-Vallee – Recap

Posted: August 16th, 2026 | No Comments »

The new biennial M Festival (so back in 2028) hosted and organised by Michelle Garnaut, formerly of M on the Bund and who many subscribers to this email will be familiar with, went off wonderfully at the end of July. Lots of great speakers, China as ever a major theme, wonderful food, music and parties…

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recalling the old days of the Shanghai French Concession
Finally got to share a stage with Anne Sebba to talk about Wallis Simpson’s life from Baltimore to China to London to Paris…
And Michelle, who put it all together!!

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