Tilling (Sussex) story, "Diplomatic Incident", for the former Tilling Society in 1998 and another called "Great Minds" for the Friends of Tilling in 2006. The Friends of Tilling organise an annual gathering in Rye each September for devotees of Mapp & Lucia and E F Benson's other comic novels. Two other Tilling books, "Major Benjy" and "Au Reservoir", were written by Guy Fraser-Sampson and published by Troubador. In 2014 the BBC made a new three-part series adapted by Steve Pemberton (who also played Georgie Pillson) from the original "Mapp and Lucia" novel. Lamb House was the model for "Mallards", the home initially
Eau de vie Sri Lankan coconut "arrack"). In French, however, "eau de vie" is a generic term for distilled spirits. The proper French term for fruit brandy is "eau-de-vie de fruit", while "eau-de-vie de vin" means wine spirit (brandy), and several further categories of spirits (distilled from grape pomace, lees of wine, beer, cereals, etc.) are also legally defined as "eau-de-vie" in a similar fashion. Many "eaux de vie" made from fruits, wine, pomace or rye have a protected designation of origin within the European Union. Ripe fruit is fermented, distilled, and quickly bottled to preserve the freshness and aroma of the parent