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The French notary, a man dressed in black, a wealthy and influencial man, what do we really know about him, or rather what do we know about this institution that we cannot avoid when we live in France? I have already mentioned the notarial institution...
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Since I live in Paris, I am always looking for new things to discover. I subscribe to newsletters, I look at posters in the metro and in the shop windows, and I listen to people in the street. I then try to put together a programme whereby I see an exhibition...
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A free invitation that came with the business paper that I dutifully skim through every day at work is as good a reason as any to go to an event. I would admittedly not have gone to this particular event, if I had had to pay my way, but on this rainy...
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Who hasn't put intimate thoughts onto paper in a secret diary? I remember being 13 or 14 and thinking that life was so cruel because my parents were unfair, because my best friend had betrayed me, and because I had a pimple on forehead the day I had my...
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For a Frenchman Bercy probably refers to either the Ministry of Finance and Industry or to the nearby sports/concert complex, but it is actually an area delimited by the Seine to the south, the Ministry of Finance and Industry to the west, the railway...
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It was a moving evening in beautiful surroundings and in the company of interesting people. In the gallery on the top floor of the local culture house l'Entrepot between black-white photos from around the world, exotic sculptures, a grand piano and big...
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Have you ever noticed that there is an island in the Seine where Neuilly-sur-Seine ends and La Défense begins? I hadn't until yesterday as you don't see it from metro line 1 that takes you to La Défense. This island is a green heaven with the rather uninspired...
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Since Monday every second counts. At least when it comes to the time given to the 10 presidential candidates on French TV and radio. The second part of the presidential campaign began on 9 April, and since then there are strict rules to adhere to. This...
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On this rainy Easter Monday people in Paris seemed to have chosen to seek shelter in the city's many excellent art museums. Since there were several exhibitions at the Louvre that I had not seen, I headed for the world's most visited museum to see two...
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No other village is as closely connected to Jean Cocteau as Milly-la-Fôret. I first heard of Jean Cocteau when in 2003 my then boyfriend showed me a drawing in a frame hanging next to his bed: an original drawing by Jean Cocteau showing a man with two...
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