Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Joyeux Noël from La Résidence!




Petit Papa Noël (Little Santa Claus) sung by the incomparable Tino Rossi

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Sunday, 2 December 2012

Vodafone France offer advice

... on what to do if you find yourself on a plane next to Emanuelle Béart



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Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Le singe est dans l'arbre (the monkey is in the tree)




Learning French is made easy by Eddie Izzard (from his show Dress to Kill 1999)

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Saturday, 3 November 2012

Downtime on the Western Front



As Remembrance Day approaches once again, an exhibition of recently-unearthed photographs shows everyday life on the Western Front nearly a century ago. The photos of allied servicemen were originally taken by a French couple in northern France and sold as postcards to soldiers during World War I.

The exhibition itself is in Australia, but you can see a slideshow preview here.

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Sunday, 14 October 2012

Wrong number!

A woman in south-west France, who received a telephone bill of nearly 12 quadrillion euros, has had the real amount she owed waived - after the company admitted its mistake.



Solenne San Jose, from Pessac outside Bordeaux, said she received a huge shock when she opened the bill for 11,721,000,000,000,000 euros...



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Monday, 1 October 2012

Adieu Edouard Leclerc


British tourists heading through France often pause to stock up at one of the giant hypermarkets bearing the name E Leclerc, which have sprung up on the edge of almost every French town. Edouard Leclerc gave up his ambitions to become a priest and opened his first grocery shop in Brittany in 1949...


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Saturday, 15 September 2012

French Royalty Topless!



As a riposte to French magazine Closer's scandalous recent publication, La Residence brings you France's most famous topless royal...... Marie Antoinette!

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