Libya has lurched ever closer to fragmentation and civil war this weekend after Islamist-led militias seized the airport in the capital, Tripoli, proclaimed their own government, and presented the world with yet another crisis. Continue reading…
Category Archives: Journalism
Barry the manatee dies after getting stuck in pool shaft
A three-year-old manatee has drowned after getting stuck in a service shaft in its pool just a month after joining a zoo in Paris. Continue reading…
Toulouse drugs war: two die in two days as violence escalates
Toulouse risks becoming the new Marseilles, France’s murder capital, according to police, who are investigating two suspected revenge killings in as many days which have been linked to the city’s illegal drugs trade. Continue reading…
Postcard from…Paris
When Emmanuelle and Rachid Guedidi joined the TV reality show Bienvenue chez nous (welcome to our home) the couple thought they might get some free publicity for their bed and breakfast in the Dordogne. Continue reading…
Historic Paris Mint reinvents itself as a tourist spot
If you fancy 15 seconds of fame and your name in lights on the roof of the historic Paris Mint beside the river Seine, it’s only a click away. Continue reading…
Anne Penketh 