Hundreds of people poured into the Paris offices of Libération on Saturday, when journalists opened their doors to the public in an effort to step up their campaign to save the ailing leftwing newspaper. Continue reading…
Author Archives: Anne Penketh
Acclaimed French film director Alain Resnais dies aged 91
Alain Resnais, the acclaimed French film director whose 60-year career included such classics as Hiroshima Mon Amour and Last Year in Marienbad, has died aged 91. Continue reading…
CAR: French public fears “mission creep” as operation drags on
When President François Hollande ordered French troops into the Central African Republic
ostensibly to avert a “genocide” by Muslim rebels who had seized power, the operation
was named “Sangaris” after a butterfly to reflect its intended brief life.
Almost three months later, the French parliament is to vote tomorrow on extending the
operation, amid claims the government underestimated the potential for a backlash by the
Christian majority the troops were sent to protect. Continue reading…
Queen Victoria’s French spa town life revived in new book
His name was Jacquot. He was bought from a peasant in the Alpine spa of Aix-les-Bains for 200 francs – a purchase securing Queen Victoria the services of a royal mule who returned with her to Buckingham Palace, where his duties included distributing Christmas presents to the royal grandchildren. Continue reading…
Alps murders: ex-policeman arrested in village near scene of al-Hilli shootings
French police on Tuesday arrested a 48-year-old former policeman in a French Alpine village close to the layby where the Iraqi-born British engineer Saad al-Hilli, two members of his family and a French cyclist were murdered. Continue reading…
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