They call it “the other D-Day”. On Friday, 10 weeks after commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings with world leaders, French President François Hollande paid tribute to those who fought to liberate France from Nazi occupation in the lesser-known Allied invasion of Provence on 15 August 1944. Continue reading…
Category Archives: Journalism
New book reveals why being First Lady of France is a miserable existence
She may be surrounded by luxury and the trappings of high office, but in France, the first lady’s lot is not a happy one. Continue reading…
Postcard from…Marciac
Virginie Cordélis is not your average cleaner. She’s a spiritual cleanser and is visiting a remote water mill in southwestern France where she is evicting troubled souls. She’s also measuring the energy levels in the old house – and its current owners. Continue reading…
‘Miraculous escape’ for French paddle boarder rescued after 40 hours at sea
It was the night of the supermoon and Clémence Lapeyre slipped out of the beachside house, where she was staying with relatives, to enjoy the moonlit night from the sea on an old paddle board. Continue reading…
Little for François Hollande to celebrate as French president reaches his 60th birthday
France’s President, François Hollande, went underground today to celebrate his 60th birthday, fleeing the gossip mags and negative headlines in the right-wing media. Continue reading…
Anne Penketh 