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American Sim Copans Honoured
The Souillac Jazz Festival (15-22 July 2012) honours Sim Copans on the 100th anniversary of his birth. His role in disseminating jazz to the new generation in France is universally recognized in France.

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Who is She?
Who painted her? When? Where can you see the original? If you don't know the answers, save yourself hours of trawling the web... just ask Google! Discover the Google Art Project.

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Dark Shadows
If you like your Vampire movies Gothic, love 70's music and prefer your "undead" to look like Johnny Depp... this one is for you!
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Silence is Golden
"The Artist", the silent movie everyone is talking about, continued it's "Golden Harvest", won 5 Academy awards including Best Picture.
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Rock in France
Singer/songwriter Tony Smith files his first music piece for French News Online, reviewing Rock music in France - starting with Johnny Hallyday
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   Child 44 and...
Contributors, The Aveyron Book Group, review three books this month for French News Online - The Little White Horse, Child 44 and Frankie and Stankie.
Book Reviews...		   Major French Award...
British author, French resident Peter May, for "The Blackhouse". An bit of a coup, for this was the book that nearly never was...
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Sim Copans and the Souillac Jazz Festival - full story, click here
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... is illegal almost everywhere. However in France, if you can find an itinerant distiller, you can still enjoy the fruits of your labour. But for how much longer...?
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Recipe - click here		 Souillac Jazz Festival
The Souillac Jazz Festival (15-22 July 2012) honours Sim Copans on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Sim is widely recognised as a major driving force in bringing Jazz to France.
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