Paris Update Press Review

This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

July 21, 2021By Heidi EllisonWhat's New Potpourri
The Eiffel Tower is finally open for business after a nine-month closure during the pandemic.
The Eiffel Tower is finally open for business after a nine-month closure during the pandemic.
Eiffel Tower reopens

The tourists are back and their favorite monument is now ready for them. (Euronews)

Jean Paul Gaultier’s new adventures

“I am amused all the time,” says the ebullient erstwhile “enfant terrible” of French fashion in an interview about his life and future plans. (The Guardian)

A new museum for France

The Musée Champollion, dedicated to Jean-François Champollion, the Frenchman who first deciphered ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, opened recently in Vif, near Grenoble. (The Art Newspaper)

French fantasy by Wes Anderson

Anderson’s star-studded The French Dispatch invents a town called Ennui-sur-Blasé. (Hyperallergic)

French taxes no longer Europe’s highest

Denmark has bypassed France as the country that raises the highest percentage of its GDP from tax revenues. (The Local)

The reports of her death are greatly exaggerated

A woman who is very much alive had her life destroyed five years ago when a French court mistakenly declared her dead. (The Guardian)

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