For centuries, the French have derided English cuisine - now a celebrity Paris butcher is promoting British beef!
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Le rosbif...
For centuries, the French have derided English cuisine - now a celebrity Paris butcher is promoting British beef!
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
A May Day French Anthem
Serge Gainsbourg's reggae version of the Marseillaise infuriated France's far right when it was released. Especially for Marine LePen - here it is again!
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
The Donzy weathervane
The French village that predicts results of presidential elections...
Ahead of the official count, BBC correspondent Christian Fraser travelled to the village of Donzy in Burgundy, which has a remarkable record in predicting the final results.
La Résidence - THE French Property People
Sunday, 15 April 2012
Je dis, je dis, je dis...
French presidential hopeful Francois Hollande has been described as an unlikely comedian
When Francois Hollande decided to run in this year's presidential race he made two promises. The first was to lose weight. The second was to give up cracking jokes.
Friday, 13 April 2012
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
French WWII resistance hero Raymond Aubrac dies aged 97
Raymond Aubrac told the BBC recently that his arrest had been a shock but not a surprise
One of the leading figures of the French resistance against the Nazis, Raymond Aubrac, has died aged 97, his family says. His daughter said he had died at Val de Grace military hospital in Paris on Tuesday evening. Raymond Aubrac and his late wife Lucie became important members of Jean Moulin's underground Resistance movement in 1942.
La Résidence - THE French Property People
La Résidence - THE French Property People
Monday, 9 April 2012
Allons etc...
Melenchon unites French hard left in presidential campaign
If you believe his rhetoric, the whole of Europe is on the verge of a new popular insurrection, merely waiting for France to point the way.
La Résidence - THE French Property People
Jean-Luc Melenchon invokes the spirit of the French Revolution to unite the "left of the left"
The word "revolution" comes easy to Jean-Luc Melenchon. The far-left candidate's campaign speeches are peppered with references to 1789, and calls for France to reconnect with the spirit of the Bastille.If you believe his rhetoric, the whole of Europe is on the verge of a new popular insurrection, merely waiting for France to point the way.
La Résidence - THE French Property People
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