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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?
    The French Cafe: Endangered Species?
    October 5, 2019
    The E-Scooter Has Arrived
    The E-Scooter Has Arrived
    July 27, 2019
    An Airbnb neophyte in Paris.
    Airbnb neophyte
    May 30, 2019
  • The French Cafe: An Endangered Species?
    French Cafe

    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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    La Belle Epoch & Anarchy
    La Belle Epoque & Anarchy
    August 17, 2019
    A Gare Du Nord Facelift
    A Gare Du Nord Facelift
    October 12, 2019
    Street Homeless in Paris
    Street Homeless in Paris
    August 7, 2019
  • 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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    Street Homeless in Paris
    Street Homeless in Paris
    August 7, 2019
    Nantes "Steve' fountain via @isidornazereth on Twitter
    Justice for Steve
    August 3, 2019
    Paris Street Art
    Paris Street Art
    October 26, 2019
  • Brexit
    Brexit

    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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    Henry Miller & Juicy Couture in Clichy. How sometimes there's no such thing as a free trip to Paris.
    Henry Miller & Juicy Couture in Clichy
    June 8, 2019
    Could I really live in Paris?
    February 19, 2019
    Lockdown & the demise of le bra
    Lockdown & the demise of le bra?
    July 25, 2020
  • The Wallace Fountains of Paris
    Paris

    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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    Yvette Lundy & The Possum Escape Line
    Yvette Lundy & The Possum Escape Line
    November 10, 2019
    Paris Opera on Strike
    Paris Opera on Strike
    December 28, 2019
    Paris Street Art
    Paris Street Art
    October 26, 2019
  • Market Day On Rue Ordener
    Montmartre

    Early Morning Market on Rue Ordener

    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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    The Bench, Montmartre
    The Bench
    August 10, 2019
    Paris & A Heatwave that is "Too Much."
    Paris & A Heatwave that is “Too Much.”
    July 24, 2019
    An Early Christmas Gift Courtesy of the French Strike
    An Early Christmas Gift
    December 8, 2019
  • Place du Tertre
    Montmartre

    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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    Rue Ordener. The view from Le nord sud
    Rue Ordener
    June 1, 2019
    Square Leon Serpollet & 700 Jewish Children
    July 13, 2019
    Nantes "Steve' fountain via @isidornazereth on Twitter
    Justice for Steve
    August 3, 2019
  • La Belle Epoch & Anarchy
    French Anarchists

    La Belle Epoque & Anarchy

    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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    Villeneuve-d'Ascq. It was the summer of 'Joe le taxi' & my first trip to France with a school exchange to Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France's equivalent to Milton Keynes.
    Villeneuve-d’Ascq
    June 15, 2019
    The Wallace Fountains of Paris
    The Wallace Fountains of Paris
    August 31, 2019
    Bastille Day
    Bastille Day
    July 17, 2019
  • Paris Street Swindles, Scams & Cons
    Paris Scams

    Paris Scams, Swindles & Cons

    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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    Street Homeless in Paris
    Street Homeless in Paris
    August 7, 2019
    Paris Opera on Strike
    Paris Opera on Strike
    December 28, 2019
    A Gare Du Nord Facelift
    A Gare Du Nord Facelift
    October 12, 2019
  • The Bench, Montmartre
    Montmartre

    The Bench

    By admin / August 10, 2019

    Floor to ceiling, my balcony windows frame the perfect view of a small, shaded corner of Serpollet Square. The Sacre Coeur flanks the park to the left, an assorted pile of higgledy piggledy flats and houses tumble…

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    Paris Opera on Strike
    Paris Opera on Strike
    December 28, 2019
    Yes, mushroom farming in Paris is really a thing
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    October 19, 2019
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    July 17, 2019
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