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7 décembre 2008

Saul Steinberg

Saul and the city Saul Steinberg, the New Yorker's legendary cartoonist, perfectly captured the city's great changes - and the mindset of its citizens. Adam Gopnik remembers his colleague and friend Adam Gopnik The Guardian, Thursday November 27 2008...

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29 novembre 2008

Hmmm...!

A modest proposal O give me a home... Nov 13th 2008From The Economist print edition The Maldives’ president has come up with a solution to the world’s problems Rex Features LOSING one’s home is a sadly common experience in these dark economic days, but...

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3 septembre 2009

Tuesday night au Limonaire

Dear Everyone, Tuesday evening with Marie Jo and Fa au Limonaire, a marvellous bistro near Grands Boulevards where one can listen to fabulous cabaret chanson after a good meal cooked by "Grande Lolo du Fourneau" in a great ambiance. Music-lovers flock...

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25 juillet 2009

Little Tour of Paris Art Nouveau

Dear Everyone, I was woken up in the early hours of the morning by an idea for a walk. A flash of inspiration indeed. So, off I set around 9h, armed with bottle of water, notebook and guidebook of Paris on a mission. A mission to find the best examples...

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27 juin 2010

hair-dye queen's been on the fiddle

Naughty Mme Bettencourt! Below from the Telegraph via Bucharest Herald Liliane Bettencourt sets France agog over links between money and power E-mail Print PDF Liliane Bettencourt, heiress to the L'Oréal fortune and France's richest woman, is at the centre...

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25 septembre 2008

Biserica Ingropata din Causeni

What a lovely story - thanks, Dan. Biserica ingropata din Causeni Cea mai pretioasa biserica din Basarabia In Basarabia exista o biserica monument, care a fost facuta in secret si ingropata sub pamant, pentru a fi ferita de ochii paganilor. O comoara...

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19 juillet 2009

From the Spiegel - now that's what I call brilliant!

A MINOR MIRACLE? Chocolate Company Promises Melt-Free Revolution By Alice Chalupny Chocolate is just as much a part of Switzerland as the Alps. Now, global market leader Barry Callebaut has developed the product that competitors have been hopelessly puzzling...

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21 septembre 2008

Picpus

Dear Everyone, Sitting on the metro the other day, my eyes fell upon the station name Picpus , and I thought, 'what a great name for a cat'. Then, another thought - 'and how strange it is. I wonder where it comes from'. And thus, this evening, I did a...

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28 février 2009

Happy Martisor!

Dear Everyone, I just wrote a whole great long post about Martisor and what a lovely festival it is in Roumania, followed by the story of it, another few myths and legends and then something happened and I lost the lot. Daaaaamn computer! Here I go all...

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23 juin 2009

Kiki de Montparnasse

I was reading a fabulous site called the Minotaur, a kind of encyclopedia of the arts, and fell upon this piece about Kiki of Montparnasse. I'd never heard of her and the name grabbed me - it conjured up images of an artists model, garratts and everything...

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2 septembre 2009

This from the Telegraph: Russia and Poland trade

This from the Telegraph: Russia and Poland trade insults on 70th anniversary of World War Two The dignity of ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War in Poland is being marred by furious spats between Russia and...

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29 septembre 2009

Fernandel et Félicie aussi

I had this as a ring tone once... Félicie Aussi C'est dans un coin du bois d'Boulogne Que j'ai rencontré Félicie Elle arrivait de la Bourgogne Et moi j'arrivai en Taxi Je trouvai vite une occasion D'engager la conversation Il faisait un temps superbe...

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18 décembre 2009

God was a hard act to follow...

Semi-nude Mary and Joseph spark outrage in New Zealand Anglican church defends Christmas billboard campaign showing couple in bed together Toni O'Loughlin , Guardian A billboard showing Mary and Jospeh under the bedsheets has outraged some New Zealanders....

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18 septembre 2010

Hommage to Claude Chabrol

Que la joie de Chabrol demeure Télérama Le 13 septembre 2010 à 18h30 LE FIL CINéMA - Les monstrueux secrets de la bourgeoisie de province, la bête qui dort en chacun de nous...Le malicieux Claude Chabrol aimait plus que tout les “petits sujets”. Qu'il...

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1 février 2013

The unspeakable tragedy of 'les soeurs Papin'

(Photo source) You're probably wondering why these last two posts are all about such grizzly stuff... Well, because one of my classes this morning was on famous murder cases in France. My student came up with a handful I had never heard of and thought...

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5 novembre 2008

The Galaxy Song

How small and insignificant we are - beautifully summed up in Monty Python's Galaxy Song...shame we can't sing this on Friday evening as a Finale! As Dvorak inspired me, so does the Galaxy Song. I'm in the mood for something silly. (From: Monty Python's...

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5 novembre 2008

Dvorak and the New World

Dear Everybody, This night as Americans across the pond await the result of their elections, I found this programme on BBC Radio 3. Donald Macleod tells the story of Dvorak's friendship with Harry T Burleigh, a young African-American singer and composer,...

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31 octobre 2008

Dark Deeds Indeed...

That Napoleon I was something else...how on earth can such a man be so admired??? It's like saying Alexander The Great was a nice geezer... Nicole has sent me a 'tidbit' about the treatment of poor Pope Pius VII, sometimes even very seriously ill, by...

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31 octobre 2008

Happy Hallowe'en?

Happy Hallowe'en, one and all. If you're trick or treatin', may you return home with full bushels and if you're at home hiding from the trick or treaters, best nail down your letter box! I was shocked by how many of people had no idea of the origins of...

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25 octobre 2008

Du Shtetl à New York

I’ve just bought the most wonderful CD – ‘Du Shtetl à New York’ with the Sirba Quartet and Isabelle Georges… see http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JAvH88zFJP0 and... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KuipfheDSnk From the shtetl to New York, 'Rozhinkes mit Mandlen'...

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25 octobre 2008

Thank you!

Dear Everyone, I thought that my birthday would pass with no fuss...Being away from Bucharest for the first birthday in 5 years, I didn't want to celebrate it. I told noone, so anyone who knew did so off their own bats - thank you for all the e-mails,...

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23 octobre 2008

Gainsbourg For Ever...

Histoire de Serge Gainsbourg France's favourite son would have been 80 this year, and Paris is celebrating with a remarkable exhibition. Syma Tariq took a voyage into Gainsbourg's universe Syma Tariq for The Guardian Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin in...

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22 octobre 2008

Update

Dear Everyone, It's been so long since I wrote that I can't remember what I've done in order to get you up to speed! Work has been busy as usual, and organising the concert for 7th November is taking up a lot of time. Everyone has been wonderful however....

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12 octobre 2008

Mia casa, tua casa...

On Yahoo News... PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim,...

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11 octobre 2008

Chinese Hat in Metz

From Guardian Unlimited: Museums branch out Angelique Chrisafis in Paris Artist's impression of the Pompidou Metz. Photograph: AP A race by Paris museums for the soul of provincial France kicked off yesterday when the Pompidou unveiled its programme for...

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