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Keeping the cold out

One of the lovely thing about living in Paris is that people don’t just turn to the supermarket to cater for their every need, you can...

Snow had fallen, snow on snow

Today it snowed. Thick downy flakes came down steadily and swirled through the streets, eddying in the wind. I took a walk around the Ile...

A decaying vision of the future on the outskirts of Paris...

Almost 80% of the population of Paris don’t live in Paris proper, they live in les banlieues or suburbs. The photographer, Laurent...

Auditioning for the Paris Choral Society

This evening to the American Cathedral in Paris for an audition for the Paris Choral Society. The choir was formed in the 1990s and has...

Walking through a painting...

It was one of those really beautiful days—the clouds hung low and heavy in the sky, obscuring the view of Montmatre from my window, but...

Two classic sauces and two jars of anchovies…

I went back to the exercise bars on the Quai d’Orsay this morning, only to have my plans scuppered once again—this time by the waters of...

Comfort food: pancakes and cheese on toast, done properly.

The day came bright and airy, the rain of the night before having completely vanished. I hung out of the window with my coffee looking...

Back to the city of lights, at last

A long bus journey back to bring me back to Paris from London. It passed uneventfully and I watched the film of Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The...

A new city, a new adventure: dinner at Verjus

Restaurant Review: Verjus, Paris—clever, modern cooking in a lovely, relaxed setting behind the Palais Royal.

Humble beginnings...

The sky was grey and glowering—grey against the grey foreground of Berlin where I had spent New Year's Eve. Though it was eight o'clock...

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