A compendium of good reads about Paris and France in English. French museums Now that he can’t visit it because of travel restrictions, writer Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker has written a paean to the Louvre of the mind. … Read More
A compendium of good reads about Paris and France in English. French history France Today has a wonderful, well-researched article on the role played by famous hotels like the Ritz and the Crillon (and lesser-known inns) in French history. Feminism … Read More
A compendium of good reads about Paris and France in English. Paris in literature Octave magazine, produced by the Opéra de Paris, has an excellent story on the way writers like Dumas and Balzac used the streets of Paris as … Read More
Controversy The Guardian reports on how a young French writer, Pauline Harmange, became famous when she wrote a book claiming the right to hate men. “Ensauvagement,” a word loaded with racist overtones, sparked controversy and fear when used by a … Read More
While governments around the world are trying their best to exclude immigrants and even eject them from their borders once they have arrived, some individuals are taking the opposite tack and going out of their way to help them integrate … Read More
A group of independent Left Bank well-being professionals have banded together to create a kind of personalized mini-spa, the Studio des Grands Augustins, where physiotherapy or Pilates classes can be followed by a two-hour massage, for example, or a “barre … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris WHAT TO DO WHEN TERRORISTS ATTACK Paris firemen of yore in a gym.After the terrorist attacks last November 13, which some of my friends witnessed up close, I wondered how one should react in … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris PARIS FIREMEN: UP CLOSE & PERSONAL For those of you who can’t face the thought of going to a gym, try a workout with the firemen (and women) of Paris. Training sessions of one … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris VENETIAN BALL GOES UNDERGROUND Party organizers We Are the Oracle have come up with an extraordinary idea for a Venetian ball to be held in an underground canal in Paris on January 22, 23, … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris RIGHT BANK: TRAFFIC BEGONE! It’s a step in the right direction. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo wants to ban motor-vehicle traffic from a stretch of the Right Bank as of August 2016 and turn it … Read More
