French Elections: Seconds Out — Round Three
The two National Assembly weekends of voting signals little cheer for Macron as he faces the final battle on Sunday.
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06, 2022
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06, 2022
You, me, and Napoleon: We all had trouble speaking French – what’s your experience?
These four articles about learning French will ruffle a few feathers. That’s because my essays are full of subjective statements about how bloody hard French is to learn. This is especially so, I point out, for anyone not lucky enough to be young and locked up in a garret in Paris with a French lover—with the deliberate intention of doing nothing else but learn French.
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05, 2022
Two cheers for President Macron
Touch & Go? There’s still the “Third Round” legislative elections to renew the Assemblée Nationale, scheduled for 12 & 19 June.
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04, 2022
Europe holds its Breath: the future of France
Many of France’s 48 million voters — especially those on the left — are asking themselves what the least bad option is. Or would it be better to simply stay at home and ignore both candidates in the decisive second round?
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03, 2022
Rudolf Nureyev — life, loves, and the KGB
Born on a train in Eastern Siberia on March 17, 1938, Rudolf Nureyev, a young Tartar became a stupendous dancer.
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02, 2022
Macron, and Putin, and Ukraine: can ‘jaw jaw’ ever stop ‘war war’?
no one wanted to call it what it is... a 'flashpoint' an 'impasse' a 'crisis.' And finally a war it is.
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01, 2022
Call of the Pyrénées: unveiling the intrigue and magic #1
An insider series that is stacked with intriguing facts and enticing reasons for visiting the Pyrénées.
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12, 2021
Advice from a Melbourne pub: France for Christmas – leave the stockings at home
Don't be the turkey this year! I overheard some great advice on spending Christmas in France
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12, 2021
Carcassonne et tout ça — what’s your view?
The easy way out is to hope & pray that none of this leads back to the yellow badges of Carcassonne and WWII
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11, 2021
Versailles to Glasgow — lot’s of hot air
A tale of 2 world conferences 100 years apart — and 2 pandemics that went with them.
