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A French Controversy: Who Will Sing at the Opening of the Paris Olympics
Aya Nakamura has been invited to sing an Édith Piaf song at the Paris Summer Olympic Games opening ceremony. A firestorm immediately erupted! What's your View?
Vide Grenier: Lost and Found
I love a good Vide Grenier. I collect vintage photos. Select a photo and 'Tell me a story' - Now it's your turn!
Louvre President Laurence des Cars: how much do you know about her?
Laurence de Cars: The Louvre’s first female president, Laurence des Cars, wants to remind people it offers much more than the Mona Lisa
France: Academie Francaise – New leader & New Dictionary to come…
Académie Française, the 388-year-old prestigious custodian, and promoter of the French language, has a new leader, French-Lebanese author Amin Maalouf to lead the "Immortals"
QUEL SCANDALE!
The State Visit was planned as a gesture of friendship from Britain after the rocky road to Brexit. Both countries do pomp & ceremony well. Military bands and parades at the Arc de Triomphe
Elsa, Drue, and Sylvia: The Sculptor, the Actor, and the Bookshop Owner go to War
Elsa Behr, Drue Leyton and Sylvia Beach - a wonderful story of these 3 women, the Resistance and WWII.
The Paris Commune: A Two Month Wonder or Lasting Legacy?
la Commune de Paris: The Germans won the Franco-Prussian War During the following turmoil the Communards seized power and ran Paris for 72 days before being bloodily suppressed
Understanding France: Ségolène Royal – Nicolas Sarkozy + Niger has ejected French diplomats
Hi everyone, welcome to this new regular column: 'Understanding France' - a weekly snapshot of the big stories in France. This Week's Dispatch: Ségolène Royal - Nicolas Sarkozy + Niger ejected French diplomats
Meet Manou: my ‘grand-mère Française and rescuer of the persecuted
Meet Manou: my 'grand-mère Française and rescuer of the persecuted. Can you imagine meeting someone who hid & fed Jews as well as other refugees during the Nazi Occupation of France?
The Madame Chic Book Collection: Book Review
Madame Chic: written through a Parisian lens; however, a lot of what the author shares is practiced by people in many other countries and cultures as well as France.