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15 décembre 2009

His Tremendousness of Seborga

Brilliant! Giorgio Carbone, Elected Prince of Seborga, Dies at 73 By DOUGLAS MARTIN Published: December 12, 2009, NYT Nestled near the beaches of the Italian Riviera and the snow-capped Alps sits the tiny principality of Seborga, a place that floats on...

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27 mars 2010

An afternoon with Chopin

Hi everyone, I just got back from a lovely afternoon with Fa visiting La Musée de la Vie Romantique and an exhibition in homage to Chopin. It is the bicentenary of his death this year and so we'll be seeing quite a lot of him - remember how it was for...

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7 mai 2010

Britain sees a hung parliament

And so, one awakes this morning to a hung parliament, the Tories with the most seats, Labour clinging on behind and Lib Dems nowhere to be seen. It appears that the British voters preferred to stick with what they knew. The outrageous news of polling...

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21 mai 2010

Paintings nicked

Paris art thief appears more no-frills than thrillseeker Christophe Girard, deputy Paris mayor, gives a press conference outside the Musee d'Art Moderne. Photograph: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters The Guardian The deputy culture secretary at Paris city hall...

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24 mai 2010

The Elysium Fields...

Plants take over the Champs-Élysées Planted fields and trees on Paris' Champs-Élysées, with the Arc de Triomphe in the background Reuters By Amanda Morrow For two days the most beautiful street in the world is even prettier. The Champs-Élysées in Paris...

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25 juin 2010

French strike over pension reform plans Unions

French strike over pension reform plans Unions want government to revisve plans to raise retirement age from 60 to 62 by 2018 Reuters in Paris guardian.co.uk, Bernard Thibault, head of CGT said: 'The workers have decided to take to the streets to prevent...

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27 juin 2010

70th Anniversary of CDG's radio appeal

This from The Economist: De Gaullemania The indomitable de Gaulle Why is France swooning over its old president? Jun 17th 2010 | Paris A model of modesty A SPECIALLY spray-painted Eurostar train, carrying ex-fighters of the French resistance from Paris...

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9 juillet 2010

Views from across the channel

English cartoonists lampoon French By Aidan O'Donnell from www.english.rfi.fr In France’s northernmost department, the Pas de Calais, an English perspective on post-revolutionary France is on show at the Château d’Hardelot’s Centre for l’Entente Cordiale....

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4 août 2010

A day in the 5th

Dear Everyone, Had a lovely day today with Martine in the Vè arrondissement, starting out at the Grande Mosquée de Paris (haven't been there for a good year). Our idea to lunch there fell by the wayside, for it was packed to the gills, so instead we popped...

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2 octobre 2010

Tibehirine monks' massacre - truth will out

When my neighbours told me they were going to see a film tonight telling the story of the seven monks massacred in Algeria 'some years ago' I sat there feeling stupid. I had no idea what they were talking about. "You must have heard about it," said Francine,...

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2 octobre 2010

Musée Jaquemart-André

Yesterday morning, we decided to pay a visit to the beautiful Musée Jaquemart-André for the Poussin and Rubens exhibition, though really, I just wanted to be surrounded for a while by luxury and beautiful objets d'art! The exhibition itself was, I have...

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3 octobre 2010

The Paris Massacre of 1961

It's almost another anniversary... 17th October marks 49 years since the Paris massacre of 1961. After a peaceful march organised by the FLN (Front de Libération Nationale), a large number of Algerian civilians were killed in Paris by the police. The...

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3 octobre 2010

Mystérieuses affiches xénophobes

Des affiches assimilant Roumains et Italiens à des rats font scandale en Suisse LEMONDE.FR avec AFP | 01.10.10 | 20h20 Bala i ratt Les trois rats (capture d'écran du site Bala i ratt) représentent un voleur roumain, Bogdan, un carreleur italien, Fabrizio,...

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16 octobre 2010

Ministers warn of fuel shortage at CDG airport

French protests jeopardise airport fuel supplies As strikes over pension plans hit infrastructure, ministers warn of fuel shortage at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport guardian.co.uk, Saturday 16 October 2010 French protesters take to the streets of Toulouse...

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16 octobre 2010

Watch out Sarko!

Bardot ponders challenging Sarkozy for presidency Reuters By RFI Watch out Sarko. French film legend Brigitte Bardot says she is seriously considering a proposal by the Independent Ecological Alliance to run as its candidate in France’s 2012 presidential...

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28 octobre 2010

No Lipp Service for Mehdi Ben Barka - 45 years today

Spies, Nazis, gangsters and cops - the mysterious disappearance of Mehdi Ben Barka RFI By Clea Caulcutt Forty-five years ago, French police officers abducted Moroccan opposition leader Mehdi Ben Barka outside Paris's famous Brasserie Lipp. He is believed...

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19 novembre 2010

Louis-Auguste Blanqui, france's radical lefty jail-bird

Another wonderful article from the Hidden Paris series of RFI: A revolutionary on the Paris map Louis-Auguste Blanqui By Amanda Morrow He spent most of his adult life in French prisons; Lenin and Marx thought he was a bit extreme; and today he might well...

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1 décembre 2010

Hamidovic criminal network busted

For anyone's info who considers all 'gypsies' in France to be from Roumania, nah nah na nah naaaaaah! Take a look at this from RFI and think again: French police dismantle European pickpocket ring A girl begging in the Paris metro. Most petty crime in...

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2 décembre 2010

The strange destiny of Irène Némirovsky

L'étrange destin d'Irène Némirovsky 01.12.10 Le Monde sponsorisés p Le 17 juillet 1942, au départ du convoi n° 6 en partance de Pithiviers (Loiret) pour Auschwitz, au côté des ménagères, coiffeuses, cultivatrices, vendeuses, figurait une femme de lettres...

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16 octobre 2010

Guerlain apologises for racist remarks...

Guerlain heir in racism storm By RFI French perfume-maker Jean-Paul Guerlain faces prosecution by anti-racist groups after telling a television interviewer that he “worked like a nigger” to produce one of his most successful scents. Guerlain, who is a...

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20 septembre 2009

a Sunday visit

I just came back from visiting an elderly friend of mine in the 16è. Born in Bacau and childhood in Bucharest, she and her husband came to Paris in 1947. Her memory is failing her but she is surprisingly 'au courant' when it comes to her friends and entourage....

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18 décembre 2009

Egyptian artifacts returned - more to follow?

From France 24: The adventures of Egypt's famous antiquities hunter in Paris During Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's visit to Paris, France handed over five ancient Egyptian relics. But for Zahi Hawass, the flamboyant Egyptologist at the heart of the...

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10 novembre 2008

Singin' in the Ghetto

I'm appalled... See article below from The Guardian Singin' in the ghetto Is the story of Jews trapped in the Warsaw ghetto really a fit topic for a musical? And do the Nazis get to sing? Tanya Gold goes behind the scenes at an unlikely West End show...

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13 octobre 2008

One has to laugh...

Spotted this in the Guardian....Paris to be modelled on Croydon??? What is the world coming to?! Thursday September 25 2008The Guardian As soon as the morning news broke, camera crews could be seen flocking to Croydon to ask south Londoners what they...

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11 octobre 2008

Deception

But, why...? Why keep up the lie for so long, defend the story for 60 years when all along it was fabrication? Misha Defonseca's book isn't true after all. I'm mortified. Truely. I understand the financial point of denying it was fiction, but what about...

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