Authorities in French cities are considering a ban on a one-man show by the controversial French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala – generally known simply as Dieudonné – whose provocative downward version of a Nazi salute was performed during an English Premier League football match by his friend Nicolas Anelka. Continue reading
Author Archives: Anne Penketh
Vive le black market! One in three French have undeclared income
When Katell, a French estate agent, had a false ceiling constructed in her house in the
Breton town of Quimper, she paid cash for the week’s work. And when Catherine, a
teacher, had to spend €400 on her La Rochelle apartment, she paid cash.
They were not alone. A potent combination of rising unemployment and VAT rates has
given a huge boost to France’s black economy. Continue reading…
NaNoWriMo: a novel approach
I’d been mulling the idea of a novel set in the marshes of Blakeney Point ever since finding out that an independent publisher was interested in Norfolk Gothic fiction. Continue reading…
Anne Penketh 