Zafar Masud
THE sky was dark in Lyon that winter day in 1964. As the first drop of rain fell on his face, Jean-Claude Decaux...
Published 26 Jun, 2016 07:07am
Last week proved to be a tough challenge for many French landmarks following non-stop rains all over the country.
Updated 12 Jun, 2016 09:55am
SAINT Rita’s church in the 15th arrondisement at the south-western edge of Paris will perhaps not be demolished...
Published 29 May, 2016 06:51am
JOURNALIST Pauline Delassus has penned a memoir of actress Julie Gayet titled Mademoiselle. Gayet hit the headlines...
Published 15 May, 2016 06:57am
Ridiculed during his life, Henri Julien Felix Rousseau came to be recognised as a self-taught genius whose works are of
Published 08 May, 2016 06:44am
NO other French politician, not even President François Hollande or any of his rightist rivals, is as much in the...
Published 01 May, 2016 07:00am
YOU have to think twice, and discreetly peep into your wallet at least once, before you hail a taxi in Paris. Given...
Published 17 Apr, 2016 06:48am
WHENEVER there is a terrorist attack anywhere in Europe, the same arguments pop up inevitably in the media
Updated 03 Apr, 2016 08:54am
Christopher Forbes sells his vast collection of the French Second Empire art and memorabilia at an auction.
Updated 27 Mar, 2016 12:24pm
TROUBLES come, troubles go and the socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, knows that very well. However, she is...
Published 20 Mar, 2016 07:40am
GUY Ribes has nothing of a Humphrey Bogart about him though he is rarely seen without his raincoat, hat and pipe,...
Published 06 Mar, 2016 06:34am
Long before Thatcher was named Iron Lady, the Eiffel Tower was always affectionately referred to as la Dame de Fer.
Updated 21 Feb, 2016 01:36pm
After three years of renovation, Paris’ Rodin Museum reopens its doors, with new displays of the sculptor’s works
Published 14 Feb, 2016 07:41am
QUESTIONED one evening late last year by a television show host what he would want to be were he given the choice of...
Published 07 Feb, 2016 06:49am
Ironically, the most interesting comment on the book comes from nobody else but the author himself.
Updated 10 Jan, 2016 11:01am
The Museum Marmottan Monet presents the impressive private collection of the Swiss couple
Published 27 Dec, 2015 06:16am
Marcus Klingberg, at the prime of his career, remained the enigmatic spy who willingly went out into the cold.
Updated 27 Dec, 2015 10:29am
WHEN the funeral ceremony for the 130 Black Friday massacre victims took place at Napoleon’s tomb in Paris,...
Published 13 Dec, 2015 07:09am
After three years of trial the court finally sentenced the accused to eighteen years in prison for murder of Marchal.
Updated 29 Nov, 2015 10:49am
Can Western powers resolve this crisis by conducting air strikes on Daesh bases in Syria alone?
Updated 17 Nov, 2015 08:22am
