American artist Paul McCarthy is hitting back against French critics after his provocative “butt plug” was vandalised in a Paris square last week. Continue reading…
Category Archives: Journalism
I didn’t intend to hurt anyone, says man who dressed as armed clown
A 19-year-old apprentice butcher has received a suspended jail sentence for terrorising children while dressed as a clown with a stick resembling a long knife, in scenes reminiscent of a slasher movie. Continue reading…
Le monde entier s’émeut devant la chambre du jeune soldat de l’Indre
It’s not often that I’m interviewed about a story I’ve written. In this case, the Nouvelle Ré publique was flattered that they were quoted. Continue reading (in French)…
Bumper French wine crop clouded by threat of wood decay
The French grape harvest has produced a bumper crop for 2014 after two years of adverse weather conditions. But the smiles could be wiped off winegrowers’ faces if wood decay disease, which now affects 12 per cent of vines in all of France’s wine-growing regions, continues its relentless march across the country. Continue reading…
French soldier’s room unchanged 96 years after his death in first world war
The name of dragoons officer Hubert Rochereau is commemorated on a war memorial in Bélâbre, his native village in central France, along with those of other young men who lost their lives in the first world war. Continue reading…
Anne Penketh 