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Bastille Day

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The Wallace Fountains of Paris

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Homeless in Paris

Street Homeless in Paris

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  • Lockdown & the demise of le bra
    Lockdown

    Lockdown & the demise of le bra?

    By admin / July 25, 2020

    During lockdown, women, all over the world, it seems, have stopped wearing bras. What's more, they like it, but not everyone approves.

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  • The Louvre & Nazi Looted Art
    Paris

    The Louvre & Nazi Looted Art

    By admin / January 24, 2020

    In an attempt to reunite Nazi looted works of art with their rightful owners, the Louvre has brought in art expert Emmanuelle Polack. It has taken her just 3 weeks to identify 10 MNR works.

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  • Le Heat is on for Paris Café Terraces
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    Le Heat is on for Paris Café Terraces

    By admin / January 20, 2020

    Winter sun. Fronds of steam rising, wisp-like from your freshly served coffee. A brightly coloured blanket casually draped over your chair as you bask under the orange glow of an outdoor heater. It’s just so trés French.…

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  • Backing a Paris Bookshop Dream
    Paris

    A Paris Bookshop Dream

    By admin / December 29, 2019

    If you thought you’d seen the beginning of the end for bookshops, Lucie Camara and Louise Binns are rewriting the story. Ross Gay said “A good little bookstore…is a laboratory for our coming together.” and that’s exactly…

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  • Paris Opera on Strike
    Paris

    Paris Opera on Strike

    By admin / December 28, 2019

    After over a year of Gilet Jaunes protests, the French National strike, now into its fourth week, welcomed direct action from an unlikely source. The Paris opera on strike.

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    An Early Christmas Gift

    By admin / December 8, 2019

    My plans for Paris this week have been well and truly scuppered. A December trip, planned with military precision to squeeze in time with clients and friends was upended at the last minute. My  Eurostar was cancelled…

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  • Aux Merveilleux du Fred
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    Aux Merveilleux!

    By admin / November 16, 2019

    Discovering Aux Merveileux on Old Brompton Road is like finding a portal into another world. Yes, it’s London. Yes, it’s rush hour, but stepping into Aux Merveilleux is like walking into a sweet, buttery, steamy, caffeinated corner…

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  • Yvette Lundy & The Possum Escape Line
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    Yvette Lundy & The Possum Escape Line

    By admin / November 10, 2019

    This week, Yvette Lundy, heroine of the french resistance passed away aged 103. Yvette grew up in Oger, a champagne region near Reims. Born into an ordinary farming family, the youngest of seven, Yvette spent her childhood…

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  • Paris Street Art
    Paris

    Paris Street Art

    By admin / October 26, 2019

    Montmartre is full of artists, but you’re probably not looking on the side of buildings for them. They may not have the pull of the Louvre or the romanticism of Place du Tertre, but there are magnificent…

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  • Yes, mushroom farming in Paris is really a thing
    Paris

    Mushroom Farming in Paris

    By admin / October 19, 2019

    Yes, mushroom farming in Paris is really a thing. High rise housing, abandoned 1970s underground car parks and bio farming may seem unlikely companions, but La Caverne urban mushroom farm is a phenomenon defying all expectations.

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  • A Gare Du Nord Facelift
    Paris

    A Gare Du Nord Facelift

    By admin / October 12, 2019

    A Gare du Nord facelift is already underway but this week saw the CNC Commission approve additional plans to extend Europe’s busiest station. Overturning a previous decision rejecting expansion, the ruling has got Parisians hot under the…

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  • The French Cafe: An Endangered Species?
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    The French Cafe: Endangered Species?

    By admin / October 5, 2019

    Le cafe is in trouble. This week saw French president Emmanuel Macron stepping in with €150 million to rescue French cafe culture. La Parisien estimates that the number of cafes and bars in France has declined rapidly…

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  • Femicide in France
    France

    France & Femicide

    By admin / September 15, 2019

    France recorded its 100th case of femicide this year at the beginning of the month. With one of the highest rates of female murders perpetrated by partners, ex partners or male family members in Europe, it’s estimated…

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  • Brexit
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    Happy Birthday Les Halles (& me)

    By admin / September 7, 2019

    This week I’m sharing a birthday with Les Halles. Albeit from a distance. I’m back in the UK for work. My first few eventful days home have been punctuated by plans to suspend parliament for a month.…

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  • The Wallace Fountains of Paris
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    The Wallace Fountains of Paris

    By admin / August 31, 2019

    Iconic emerald green, cast iron Wallace fountains are peppered around Parisian streets and parks. Designed and financed by an Englishman, a Francophile at that, these Neo Renaissance style fountains wear the name of Sir Richard Wallace. Way…

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  • Market Day On Rue Ordener
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    By admin / August 24, 2019

    Stalls are setting up to a symphony of clanking, banging, rustling and the turning of trolley wheels. The twice weekly fermentation of noise and frenzied motion signals one thing, market day on Rue Ordener. Setting up for…

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  • Place du Tertre
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    Place du Tertre

    By admin / August 21, 2019

    Place du Tertre. This small, unassuming square, is the aorta of historic Montmartre village. A tangle of narrow, winding, cobbled arteries, lead towards it’s centre. For decades the Place du Tertre has been synonymous with artists, writers,…

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  • La Belle Epoch & Anarchy
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    By admin / August 17, 2019

    Two doors down from my apartment is the site of the world’s first recorded grand theft auto bank robbery at the Société Générale (and I wonder why people are afraid to go north of the Sacre Coeur). 1911…

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  • Paris Street Swindles, Scams & Cons
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    By admin / August 14, 2019

    Ah Paris. The wide, leafy boulevards. The street cafes illuminating the pavements late into the night. The couture (not really my thing, but I hear it’s très popular with some). The magic of that rose light, washing…

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  • The Bench, Montmartre
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    By admin / August 10, 2019

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    Street Homeless in Paris

    By admin / August 7, 2019

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    By admin / August 3, 2019

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  • Montmartre Kitchen Sink
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    By admin / July 31, 2019

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  • The E-Scooter Has Arrived
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    The E-Scooter Has Arrived

    By admin / July 27, 2019

    Paris has recently been invaded. By e-scooters, or “trottinettes” as they are referred to by Parisians and not everyone is happy about it. Le e-scooter Start Up est arrivé Pioneered in San Francisco, micro mobility is the…

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    By admin / February 19, 2019

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