The French village that predicts results of presidential elections...
Wednesday 18 April 2012
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
Friday 6 April 2012
Bien surly?
Surveys repeatedly suggest that people think the French to be rude and unwelcoming to visitors. But is there really any truth in the stereotype? Rajan Datar decided to put it to the test on the streets of Paris and also put the claim to France's Minister of Tourism Frederic Lefebvre.
La Résidence - THE French Property People
Wednesday 4 April 2012
Monday 2 April 2012
The changing face of French lunchtimes
Some French workers are finding their lunchtimes too brief for the traditional three-course meal
On a sunny spring day, a bistro with a well-deserved reputation for first-rate traditional cooking is all but deserted at lunchtime. "When the weather's good, people tend to grab a sandwich and eat outdoors," laments Otis Lebert, the owner and chef of Le Taxi Jaune in the trendy Marais district of central Paris...La Résidence - THE French Property People
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