France's answer to Mick Jagger intones "Le cactus" (1968)
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Friday 30 March 2012
Wednesday 28 March 2012
Le sack... £1,250
France train firm pays out after delays cost woman job
This is not the first time SNCF has been told to pay compensation for delays
A court in France has ordered the national rail company, SNCF, to pay 1,500 euros (£1,250) in compensation to a commuter who lost her job because of delays.
Monday 26 March 2012
Boneyland?
A theme park based on Napoleon is being proposed in Montereau, south of Paris, the scene of one of Napoleon's last victories. It is hoped there will be a direct train service from Waterloo...
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Friday 23 March 2012
The La Résidence guide to French popular song - 21: Charles Aznavour
...we were going to play you Aznavour's greatest hit "She" - but he sings that in English! So here's "Isabelle"
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Wednesday 21 March 2012
Monday 19 March 2012
La farine
#2 in our series of foodstuffs being thrown at French presidential candidates is la farine = flour
watch again as Francois Hollande is lightly dusted
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watch again as Francois Hollande is lightly dusted
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Friday 16 March 2012
The La Résidence guide to French popular song - 20: Brigitte Bardot
WARNING: This video contains graphic images of 1960's swimwear
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Wednesday 14 March 2012
La tomate
French President Nicholas Sarkozy has apologised to a policewoman after his son threw a tomato at her, reports say. Teenager Louis Sarkozy and a friend chucked a tomato and a pellet at the policewoman from the Elysee Palace, police sources said.
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Monday 12 March 2012
Adieu Moebius...
Jean Giraud, one of France's leading comics artists, has died in Paris at the age of 73 after a long illness.
He drew for more than 50 years, under various names, but was most widely known as Moebius.
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Friday 9 March 2012
The La Résidence guide to French popular song - 19: Vanessa Paradis
Teen siren Vanessa sings her paean to the Paris cabbie "Joe le taxi"
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Wednesday 7 March 2012
Monday 5 March 2012
Teach yourself basque
Friday 2 March 2012
The La Résidence guide to French popular song - 18: Michel Sardou
Michel Sardou croons "Comme d'Habitude" - better known to anglophones as "My Way"
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