Paris Update Press Review
This Week’s Good Reads about Paris and France
27th April 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | What’s New Potpourri
RACE TO RESTORE A huge amount of work remains to be done before Notre Dame Cathedral can reopen to the public following the damage caused by the fire in 2019. Can it be finished in time for the 2024 Paris … Read More
Paris Update Press Review
This Week’s Good Reads about Paris and France
6th April 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | What’s New Potpourri
Bataclan Banksy The Bataclan door on which the artist Banksy created an artwork memorializing the people killed there in a terrorist attack in 2015 was stolen in 2019 and recovered a year later in Italy. The eight thieves have now … Read More
Paris Update Press Review
This Week’s Good Reads about Paris and France
30th March 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | What’s New Potpourri
The politics of food Anyone who wants to become president of France must promote traditional French foods, even though the people may prefer couscous and pizza. (The Local) Mummy discovered in Notre Dame While digging up the cathedral’s floor to … Read More
Paris Update Press Review
This Week’s Good Reads about Paris and France
16th March 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | What’s New Potpourri
Current and upcoming art shows A preview of 10 art exhibitions being shown in Paris this spring. (France 24) Quieter (not car-free) city center Paris will soon ban through-traffic from the center of town. (Fast Company) France welcoming refugees France … Read More
Paris Update Press Review
This Week’s Good Reads about Paris and France
9th March 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | What’s New Potpourri
Talking to Putin French President Emmanuel Macron is one of the few world leaders keeping the lines of communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin open in hopes of giving Putin a diplomatic way out, so far with no results. (France … Read More
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