November 10, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
Anyone who knows the Nouvelles Athènes quarter in Paris’s ninth arrondissement has probably wondered at the sight of a hilltop building fronted with a huge Art Deco stained-glass window. Now, after many years of inaccessibility, the mysterious building on the … Read More
November 10, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri
Our daily baguette The price of the sacred baguette may soon increase due to the rising costs of wheat and energy. Will another revolution follow? (Euronews) French Donald Trump? The xenophobic Éric Zemmour, avowed (but not officially announced) far-right candidate … Read More
November 3, 2021 | By Emma Hussain | Week events
November 4-December 1 Local photography Photography takes centre stage at the Rencontres Photographiques du 10e. Various locations, Paris 10 November 11-14 Mega-photography fair Paris Photo: 180 photo galleries show works by their artists. Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris November 10-14 Photography books … Read More
November 3, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | Exhibitions
I have said it before and will probably say it again: the Musée Zadkine is one of my favorite museums in Paris, with its small light-filled house and studio set in a garden, the whole charming ensemble cut off from … Read More
November 3, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
The name Liquide might lead you to think that this place is a bar, but its full name is Liquide par Substance. What does it mean? Well, Liquide is a fairly new restaurant owned by Mathieu Marc, who is also … Read More
November 3, 2021 | By Nick Hammond | Film
Adapting the sprawling novels of Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) for the screen is never a simple process, and from all accounts director Xavier Giannoli has been working on the screenplay for Illusions Perdues (Lost Illusions) for a number of years. … Read More