Monthly Archives: June 2007

Camille – Ta Douleur

This is the “hit”, but there is so much more.

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Family, not work

The Economist’s “Certain Ideas of Europe” blog, is good today on immigration. Go to the site to download a new report, sponsored by the Dutch temporary employment agency Randstad, “Mind the Gap.” “It makes some points that deserve to be … Continue reading

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NEVERS ON A SUNDAY (morning)

all the news is here, and here.

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Vive Les Mamans

Subway, St. Suplice The Voyage (to Maxim du Camp) “For children crazed with maps and prints and stamps –The universe can sate their appetite.How vast the world is by light of lamps,But in the eyes of memory how slight! One … Continue reading

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From the "everywhere has somebody" theory: Bernadette – Saint of Lourdes (and Nevers)

Tom would have liked You Tube

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France Vs Ukraine – 2nd June 2007 Anelka Goal

That Anelka goal, just because

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Property Update

“Prices start from approximately £220,000. Mansoori-Dara says that the same apartments in London would be ‘at least’ triple the price. ‘The property market in Paris is still hugely undervalued,’ he adds. According to foreign exchange specialist Currencies Direct, a three-bedroom … Continue reading

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Canality: the curse of choice

“How tempting to trespass in these Italian gardens with their smirk ouches and sweet-smelling borders, To lean on the low Parapet of some pursive fountain And drowse through the unctuous day.” W.H. Auden, The Age of Anxiety, 1947 Briare, mid-France … Continue reading

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Nouvelle Star – Julien – Lolita (Alizée)

Now this is Pop Idol but the French way – this guy is a cover star already. Imagine this in England or America. Wait for the big ending, Julien’s “thing”.

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Christophe Mae on s’attache

Favourite new French song right now.

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