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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.
The Divine Right of Kings?
In 1793 the blade on a newfangled killing machine was hard at work. When it sliced through the neck of King Louis XVI and his head tumbled into the guillotine’s basket, the Divine Right of Kings came to an end in France.
Choose a Practical Major – like French – Yes, Really!
Today’s college students are faced with choosing a major field of study that will set them on a course for life. Should they pick a 'practical' major in the STEM field, or, god forbid, something useless like French?
