Extending the Olive Branch - An Interview with Carol Drinkwater

Actress, writer, and olive farmer Carol Drinkwater has taken each of her well known roles in her stride as I found out when I spoke to her about her acclaimed Olive Farm series, the farm itself, and relocating from glamorous London to serene Provence.

From reading the Olive Farm series of books I found that when I met author Carol Drinkwater to discuss the latest book in her trilogy of four at the time, Return to the Olive Farm, she was exactly how I imagined her to be. She is naturally elegant and glamorous but also has an earthy quality to her which I imagine has been ingrained in her from her years farming olives in the French countryside. When ordering her tea during the interview she asked for honey with it which delighted me having just read Return to the Olive Farm which contains a constant thread about the plight of the honey bee.