Hollande’s private life pales his presidency
There’s always something happening with ‘sex’ and the French! And presently, French president, Francois Hollande is the star act. He continues to court emotional and political disaster because of his...
View ArticleSecurity skipped in scramble to leave Paris
My dear French friend, Dominique Bievre, who lives in Valance, France recently visited Paris and then got caught in the crippling SNCF rail transport strike. As soon as he arrived home, he sent this...
View ArticleFrench chanteusse brings taste of The Lido
French songstress Caroline Nin served up a exciting slice of songs from the Lido, the world-famous cabaret venue on Paris’s Champs Elysees at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in June. Nin presented as a...
View ArticleFrance’s Provence Delivered 70 years ago
August 15, 2014 Seventy years ago, the liberating Allied forces invaded France from the Mediterranean Sea and delivered Provence from the Nazis. The French news featured an amazing spectacle of...
View ArticlePivotal day of Peace once more for Parisians
August 25, 2014 – Another pivotal day in the history of France, which we should remember if we love to visit the City of Light, or the City of Lovers, whatever suits your situation. Today, 70 years...
View ArticleArt Gallery to show iconic Paris fashion
Adelaide fashionistas have an exciting – and rare – chance to visit an amazing exhibition of some of the most famous fashion gowns and garments ever created by the world’s top designers. “Fashion...
View ArticleValerie strips French president “naked”.
That adage “Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned’’ must have lodged into the mind of French president Francois Hollande since “Merci Pour Ce Moment’’ the memoir of his jilted girlfriend hit book...
View ArticleLa France strengthens ties with Down Under
The G20 conference in Brisbane attracted French president, Francois Hollande, who became the first chef of La France to visit Down Under when he stepped onto Australian soil. Although his visit did not...
View ArticleFrench Alize’s ace words –“Stay really close”
The shocking slaughter of 12 cartoonists and editors in the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris, followed by another four hostage deaths in a Jewish supermarket by home-grown Islamist terrorists, shocked...
View ArticleDelicious dose of French culture d’Adelaide
After the dramatic gathering of the French community to show their “Je Suis Charlie” solidarity, it was time to have French fun once more for French speakers, students and Francophones alike over the...
View ArticleSaint Laurent’s story “pure haute couture”
Ze Fashion Party before screening of the film Saint Laurent at the Palace Cinemas last night was a little light on fashion, (there was none) but made up for it with delightful pastries and chocolates –...
View ArticleBastille Day big success despite drama
This year’s Bastille Day breakfast organised by L’Agence Consulaire de France d’Adelaide had an unexpected element of drama. The volcanic eruption in Bali had stranded Adelaide’s honorary French...
View ArticleTerrorists take terrible human toll in Paris
Paris, the City of Light, has been plunged into darkness, fear and grief by a series of terrorist attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers, which have left 129 dead and 352 injured – 99 critically. In...
View ArticleAdelaidians can show solidarity with Paris
The Premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherall and Ambassador to France in Australia,Christophe Lecourtier, will be speaking at a public vigil to show support and solidarity for the victims of the...
View ArticleThe Belier Family – fab feel-good French story
The French film, The Belier Family (La Famille Bélier) by director Eric Lartigau makes you think deeply about the disadvantages of being deaf – and it makes you cry – but mostly it makes you laugh. No...
View ArticleBastille Day brings valuable radio talk
Bastille Day was a great chance to promote my new memoir Farewell My French Love, when I wrote and did a media distribution on a funny take on the French people and their idiosyncrasies. And how lucky...
View ArticleFrench Medieval masterpiece a must to see
The rarest of French Medieval masterpieces – the six-panel tapestries known as The Lady and the Unicorn – will be on show at the Art Gallery of NSW until June 24, 2018. On loan from the Musee de Cluny...
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